Over the past few decades, scientists have paid special attention to studying novel and natural hydrocolloids due to the growing demand for ready meals, public awareness on the importance of natural fibers in daily diets, and their wide range of application, especially in foods, pharmaceuticals and herbal medicine. Moreover, natural hydrocolloids are preferred to biotechnologic ones (e.g., gell...

Gellan gum (GG) has been used to prepare polymeric carriers with prolonged retention on the eye surface for topical ocular drug delivery. In this work, GG was chemically modified short poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEtOx) chains that were expected have minimal adhesion mucosal tissues (mucoadhesion). The choice of synthetic procedure, solvents, and reagents dictated by biocompatibility materials p...

A mixed-gel of high acyl (HA) gellan gum and maltodextrin (MD) (potato DE2) demonstrated a range physical properties with proposed interpenetrating network. Mixed hydrocolloid gels allow for the development novel that neither polymer alone could create allowing unique functionality in textures or controlled release. The aim this work was to identify type network formation by examining material ...