Table 2.

Various strategies used for polysaccharide-coated MNPs that have been used for imaging.

Polysaccharide	Modification	In vitro/in vivo	Reference
Alginate	Alginate-poly-L-lysine-alginate (APA)	C2C12 myoblast cell line implanted into the abdominal cavity of mice	[61]
Chitosan	Chlorotoxin (CTX), Polyethylene glycol (PEG) Near-IR fluorophore (NIRF), Cy.5.5	Brain Autochthonous medulloblastomas in genetically engineered ND2: SmoA1 mice	[62]
Dextran	FITC-derivatized Tat peptide Chelator DTPA	Hematopoietic and neural progenitor cells	[63]
Hyaluronic acid	Dopamine	HCT116 NIH3T3 cells	[64]
Heparin	Gold-deposited Glycol chitosan Pluronic F-68	Tumor-bearing mice, SCC-7 (squamous cell carcinoma) cells were induced in male C3H/HeN mice by subcutaneous injection	[65]
Mannan	Carboxylic	Subcutaneous injection in a rat model	[66]
Pullulan		L929 cells KB cells with hyperthermic effect	[67]
Starch	Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)	Male Fisher 344 rats bearing 9L-glioma brain tumors	[68]