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Natural Polysaccharides on Wound Healing

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As a result of diseases and accidents, people lose their tissues and organs. Instead of difficult and troublesome methods such as tissue and organ transplantation, biocompatible, nontoxic, antitumor, antimicrobial, and wound healing natural polymers are used for the treatment of these damages. There are glycosaminoglycans as natural polysaccharides in the human body, which act as extracellular matrix and produced from fibroblasts. Wound healing is a dynamic and complex process consisting of successive periods. Tissue healing process is regular and timely in acute wounds. In chronic wounds, healing takes longer time. The use of appropriate dressings plays an important role in the wound healing process. Researches on polymeric dressings used as carriers for local application of active ingredients to the wound surface are increasing. These polymeric systems can be natural, hydrogel-forming materials such as collagen, chitosan, and pectin, or tissue-engineered materials such as alginate. In this section, extracellular matrix, wound formation, wound healing mechanisms, and the function of natural polysaccharides which have an important role in wound healing will be examined.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

    Salih Maçin

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  1. 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

    Joaquim Miguel Oliveira

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    Hajer Radhouani

  3. 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

    Rui L. Reis

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Maçin, S. (2022). Natural Polysaccharides on Wound Healing. In: Oliveira, J.M., Radhouani, H., Reis, R.L. (eds) Polysaccharides of Microbial Origin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42215-8_57

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