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Pharmaceutics

, volume 12 , issue 7 , pages 669

Nanosystems for the Encapsulation of Natural Products: The Case of Chitosan Biopolymer as a Matrix

Anastasia Detsi ¹

Eleni Kavetsou ¹

Ioanna Kostopoulou ¹

Ioanna Pitterou ¹

Antonella Rozaria Nefeli Pontillo ¹

Andromachi Tzani ¹

Paris Christodoulou ²

Aristeia Siliachli ^{2, 3}

Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis ^{2, 4}

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Department of Chemical Sciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Heroon Polytechniou 9, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece |

Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vassileos Constantinou Ave. 48, 116 35 Athens, Greece |

Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Viopolis, 41500 Larissa, Greece |

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Department of Food Science and Technology, Universisty of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Str., Egaleo, 12243 Athens, Greece |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-07-16

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Pharmaceutics

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SJR: 1.075

CiteScore: 10.0

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ISSN: 19994923

DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070669

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Abstract

Chitosan is a cationic natural polysaccharide, which has emerged as an increasingly interesting biomaterialover the past few years. It constitutes a novel perspective in drug delivery systems and nanocarriers’ formulations due to its beneficial properties, including biocompatibility, biodegradability and low toxicity. The potentiality of chemical or enzymatic modifications of the biopolymer, as well as its complementary use with other polymers, further attract the scientific community, offering improved and combined properties in the final materials. As a result, chitosan has been extensively used as a matrix for the encapsulation of several valuable compounds. In this review article, the advantageous character of chitosan as a matrix for nanosystemsis presented, focusing on the encapsulation of natural products. A five-year literature review is attempted covering the use of chitosan and modified chitosan as matrices and coatings for the encapsulation of natural extracts, essential oils or pure naturally occurring bioactive compounds are discussed.

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Detsi A. et al. Nanosystems for the Encapsulation of Natural Products: The Case of Chitosan Biopolymer as a Matrix // Pharmaceutics. 2020. Vol. 12. No. 7. p. 669.

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Detsi A., Kavetsou E., Kostopoulou I., Pitterou I., Pontillo A. R. N., Tzani A., Christodoulou P., Siliachli A., Zoumpoulakis P. Nanosystems for the Encapsulation of Natural Products: The Case of Chitosan Biopolymer as a Matrix // Pharmaceutics. 2020. Vol. 12. No. 7. p. 669.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070669

UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070669

TI - Nanosystems for the Encapsulation of Natural Products: The Case of Chitosan Biopolymer as a Matrix

T2 - Pharmaceutics

AU - Detsi, Anastasia

AU - Kavetsou, Eleni

AU - Kostopoulou, Ioanna

AU - Pitterou, Ioanna

AU - Pontillo, Antonella Rozaria Nefeli

AU - Tzani, Andromachi

AU - Christodoulou, Paris

AU - Siliachli, Aristeia

AU - Zoumpoulakis, Panagiotis

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/07/16

PB - MDPI

SP - 669

IS - 7

VL - 12

PMID - 32708823

SN - 1999-4923

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@article{2020_Detsi,

author = {Anastasia Detsi and Eleni Kavetsou and Ioanna Kostopoulou and Ioanna Pitterou and Antonella Rozaria Nefeli Pontillo and Andromachi Tzani and Paris Christodoulou and Aristeia Siliachli and Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis},

title = {Nanosystems for the Encapsulation of Natural Products: The Case of Chitosan Biopolymer as a Matrix},

journal = {Pharmaceutics},

year = {2020},

volume = {12},

publisher = {MDPI},

month = {jul},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070669},

number = {7},

pages = {669},

doi = {10.3390/pharmaceutics12070669}

}

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Detsi, Anastasia, et al. “Nanosystems for the Encapsulation of Natural Products: The Case of Chitosan Biopolymer as a Matrix.” Pharmaceutics, vol. 12, no. 7, Jul. 2020, p. 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070669.

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Pharmaceutics

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