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Hemicellulose-Based Delivery Systems: Focus on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications

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Hemicellulose Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Value Addition to Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy

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Hemicellulose is the second most prevalent, renewable, non-toxic, and biodegradable hetero-polysaccharide after cellulose in plants consisting of different saccharide units. Hemicellulose’s versatile physical and chemical properties make it a promising source for applications in pharmaceutical and biomedicine fields. Hemicellulose and derivatives find wide pharmaceutical applications in the preparation of hydrogels, microspheres, films, nanocomposites, microgels, bionanofibers, and so on. Biomedical applications include wound healing and tissue engineering. This chapter explains the fundamental aspects relevant to hemicelluloses, viz. structure, sources, properties, and their biodegradability and/or biocompatibility. The authors also present the potential of stimuli-responsive hemicellulose-based hydrogels for pharmaceutical applications. The major aim of this chapter is to summarize the research-based investigations on fabrication, and applications of hemicellulose-based formulations and their future perspectives.

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Patil, P.H., Pardeshi, C.V., Mahajan, H.S., Surana, S.J. (2022). Hemicellulose-Based Delivery Systems: Focus on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications. In: Brienzo, M. (eds) Hemicellulose Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Value Addition to Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3682-0_15

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