Table 1.

The examples of commercially available alginate-based wound dressings.

Brand Name	Manufacturer	Composition	Applications	Reference
Biatain® Alginate	Coloplast (Humlebaek, Denmark)	Alginate (85%), CMC 1	Moderate to heavily exuding wounds	[20]
Biatain® Alginate Ag		Alginate, CMC, ionic silver complex	Moderate to heavily exuding wounds, infected wounds	[21]
Comfeel® Plus Ulcer		CMC particles, alginate (as an additive), polyurethane semipermeable film	Low to moderately exuding wounds	[22]
Kaltostat®	ConvaTec (Reading, UK)	Calcium sodium alginate	Moderate to heavily exuding wounds	[23]
CarboFlex®		Five-layer dressing with alginate absorbent layer, internal charcoal layer, and water-resistant top	Malodorous wounds	[24]
Tegaderm™ Alginate	3M™ (Saint Paul, MN, USA)	Calcium alginate	Moderate to heavily exuding wounds	[25]
Sorbalgon®	Hartmann (Heidenheim, Germany)	Calcium alginate	Moderate to heavily exuding wounds	[26]
Sorbalgon® Ag		Calcium alginate, silver	Moderate to heavily exuding wounds, infected wounds	[27]

¹ Carboxymethyl cellulose.