Table 2.

Examples of alginate-based delivery systems for non-conventional antifungals.

	Types of materials incorporated	Carrier	Reference
Essential oils	Turmeric	chitosan-alginate nanocapsules	Lertsutthiwong and Rojsitthisak, 2011
	Turmeric	Alginate nanocapsules	Lertsutthiwong et al., 2008
	Satureja hortensi	Alginate microparticles	Hosseini et al., 2013
	Elicriso italic, chamomile blue, cinnamon, lavender, tea tree, peppermint, eucalyptus, lemongrass, and lemon	Alginate films	Liakos et al., 2014
	Clove, thyme, and cinnamon	Alginate microspheres	Soliman et al., 2013
	Anise	Alginate gel	Gafiţanu et al., 2016
Antiseptics	Chlorhexidine diacetate	Alginate and alginate/chitosan films	Juliano et al., 2008
	Povidone iodine	Alginate beads and films	Liakos et al., 2013
Pomegranate extract		Alginate microparticles	Endo et al., 2012
Lactoferrin		Alginate tablets	Kuipers et al., 2002
Silver		Alginate as a stabilizer silver nanoparticles	Kubyshkin et al., 2016
		Cellulose/sodium alginate films	Shao et al., 2015