Table 4.

Uses of plant cellulose (PC), microbial cellulose (MC) and bacterial cellulose (BC) composite hydrogels in tissue engineering

Sl. No.	Hydrogel composite	Applications	References
1	Plant cellulose (PC) purified	Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine	[145]; Liu et al., 2014 [146]
2	Algal cellulose (AC)	Bone tissue and cartilage engineering	[147]
3	Bacterial cellulose (BC) purified	Bone tissue engineering, cornea treatment, heart and vascular muscle regeneration	[148]
4	Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)	Drug loading and controlled release of drugs, nucleus pulposus	[149]; [148]
5	Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)	Soft-tissue replacement wound management	[149]
6	Gelatin	Wound dressing, tissue regeneration	[80]; [150], [151]
7	Starch	Reinforcement agent for bionanocomposites	[152]
8	Alginate, sodium alginate	High strength hydrogel preparation	[153]
9	Acrylic acid	Burn wound healing	[154]
10	Graphene oxide (GO)	Biomedicine	[155]
11	Vaccarin	Cell growth carrier wound dressing	[156]
12	Hyaluronic acid (HA)	Wound dressing, tissue engineering	[157]
13	Chondroitin sulfate (CS)	Dental material scaffold	Opera et al., 102
14	Calcium phosphate (CP)	Bone substitute	[158]
15	Ca2+ activated cellulose, cellulose/lactide	Bone tissue engineering	[148]
16	2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (PHEMA)	Contact lenses and optic component for biosensors	[159]
17	Polyacrylamide	Cartilage replacement	[160] & [161]
18	Gellan gum	High strength hydrogel for synthetic connective tissue	[153]
19	L-carrageenan	High strength hydrogel for synthetic connective tissue	[153]
20	Hydroxyapatite	Bone scaffold substitute, bone tissue engineering	[162]; [163]; [164]; [165]; [166]
21	Nanohydroxyapatite	Bone tissue engineering
22	Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)	Cardiovascular soft tissue replacement, artificial cornea biomaterials	([167]; [168]); [169]; ([170]; [171])
23	Polylacitide and glycidyl methacrylate	Skin repair material	[172]
24	Collagen	Wound dressing for skin regeneration	[173]; [148]
20	Silver	Antimicrobial wound dressing	[174]; [175]