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  3. Recent progress in the industrial and biomedical applications of tragacanth gum: A review

Recent progress in the industrial and biomedical applications of tragacanth gum: A review

  • Carbohydr Polym. 2019 May 15:212:450-467. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.02.076.
Ehsan Nazarzadeh Zare 1,  Pooyan Makvandi 2,  Franklin R Tay 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Chemistry, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran.
  • 2 Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy; Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Technology in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: pooyan.makvandi@ipcb.cnr.it.
  • 3 Department of Endodontics, The Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA. Electronic address: ftay@augusta.edu.
PMID: 30832879 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.02.076
Abstract

Natural Polymers have distinct advantages over synthetic Polymers because of their abundance, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Tragacanth gum, an anionic polysaccharide, is a natural polymer which is derived from renewable sources. As a biomaterial, tragacanth gum has been used in industrial settings such as food packaging and water treatment, as well as in the biomedical field as drug carriers and for wound healing purposes. The present review provides an overview on the state-of-the-art in the field of tragacanth gum applications. The structure, properties, cytotoxicity, and degradability as well as the recent advances in industrial and biomedical applications of tragacanth gum are reviewed to offer a backdrop for future research.

Keywords

Biomedical applications; Biomedicine; Environmental; Green synthesis; Tragacanth gum.

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