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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Med Chem. 2013;20(28):3500–3514. doi: 10.2174/0929867311320280007

Table 3.

Polymers for Biodegradable Polymeric NPs.

Natural Polymers Synthetic Polymers
Polysaccharides: Hyaluronate, Dextran, Chitosan, Alginate, Agarose etc.
Protein-based polymers: Fibrin, Collagen, Ferritin
Poly (glycolic acid) (PGA), Poly (lactic acid) (PLA), and copolymer poly(lactide-co-glycolides) (PLGA), polycaprolactone (PCL), Poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) and its derivatives and copolymers, Polyamides, Polyanhydrides, Poly (vinyl alcohol) PVA, Polypeptides