Volume 1, Issue 1 (2020)
Martin Gericke*, Thomas Heinze*
Department of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Germany
- *Corresponding Author:
- Dr. Martin Gericke
Department of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Germany
E-mail: martin.gericke@uni-jena.de
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Heinze
Department of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Germany
E-mail: thomas.heinze@uni-jena.de
Received date: September 15, 2020; Accepted date: October 09, 2020; Published date: October 16, 2020
Citation: Gericke M, Heinze T (2020) Perspectives of Polysaccharide Nanoparticles in Advanced Biomedical Applications: A Commentary on Emerging Technologies in Polysaccharide Research. Int J Biol Chem Res. 2020;1(1):8-12.
Copyright: © 2020 Gericke M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Polysaccharide (PS) based nanoparticles (NP) are of increasing interest in biological and chemical research. They can circumvent many of the drawbacks of nanomaterials derived from inorganic compounds and synthetic polymers with respect to toxicity, biodegradability, and sustainability. PS have a huge potential in this context as abundant bio-resources that can be tailored in their properties by advanced chemical modification. This commentary provides an introduction into an advancing research field; PS-NP that are prepared by self-assembling of hydrophobically modified PS derivatives. These PS derivatives are easy to prepare, can be obtained with a broad variety of functionalities, and possess great application potential in biomedical areas such as drug delivery and sensing.
Keywords
Polysaccharides; Nanoparticles; Self-assembling; Drug delivery; Sensing; Stimuli-responsiveness