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. 2022 Aug 8;14(15):3217. doi: 10.3390/polym14153217

Table 1.

Polysaccharide-based nanocarriers for the entrapment of drugs and used against diabetes.

Polysaccharide Nanocarriers Drug Drug
Loading (%)
Encapsulation
Efficiency (%)
Particles
Size (nm)
Zeta
Potential (mV)
Testing
Method
Ref
ALG NPs INS 10.8 49.6 201.8 −35.7 SC [107]
ALG NPs INS 11.7~38.9 / 40~150 −88~−21.2 In vitro [108]
ALG NPs INS 3.2~3.5 77.2~79.2 202~279.5 −34.3~+14.6 PO [109]
ALG NPs INS / 22,85 78,91 −27.3, −17.1 PO [110]
ALG Emulsions Metformin 3.1 78 60~150 +27.3 PO [95]
ALG/CS NPs Metformin / 10.0~21.6 701~989 −29.8~+5.5 PO [77]
ALG/CS NPs Berberine 8.6 85.7 202.2 −14.8 PO [111]
ALG/CS NPs Liraglutide 54.2 92.5 100 / PO [112]
ALG/CS Emulsions INS / 47.3 488 −62.25 PO [96]
ALG/CS NPs INS 7.5~13.9 78.9~83.3 797~4895 / In vitro [113]
ALG/CS NPs INS / 85 100~200 +9.62~+16.42 PO [114]
ALG/CS NPs Quercetin 59 95 91.58 −24.63 PO [81]
ALG/CS NPs INS 17.25 97 90~110 +38.5 PO [82]
ALG/CS NPs INS 10.7, 4.9 81.5, 55.2 260.1, 224.4 −55.7, +13.7 PO [115]
ALG/CS/MD Micelles Curcumin 3.3~5.0 / / / PO [88]
ALG/DS NPs INS 10.1 72.4 313.2 −30.6 In vitro [80]
ALG/TMC NPs INS 5.4 93.2 150.8 / In vitro [116]
ALG/KC Hydrogel IASP / 19~26 2500~2700 / In vitro [101]
Cellulose Hydrogel NCs / / / / Cover the wound [105]
CMCD/CMC Hydrogel INS 30.0~31.9 / / / PO [117]
CS NPs INS 27.5 91.0 46.2 +9.4 PO [118]
CS Liposomes INS / 85.75 439 +60.5 PO [119]
CS Liposomes Curcumin / / 247.6 +61.5 In vitro [120]
CS NPs INS / 73.0~85.4 204~303.9 +14.9~+32.1 PO [121]
CS NPs INS / 49.4~60.9 215~255 +20.7~+30.1 PO [122]
CS NPs INS 47.0 52.5 551.7 +25.7 PO [123]
CS NPs INS / 93.1 91.3~220.2 +14.4 In vitro [124]
CS NPs INS 88.4~98.7 88.4~98.7 86~257 +22.1~+26.1 SC [125]
CS Liposomes FeSO4 / 72.8~82.7 209~304 +27.8~+33.1 In vitro [126]
CS NPs INS 13.4~17.2 79.3~82.5 39.2~50.6 +27.8~+49.6 PO [127]
CS NPs INS 35.8~33.0 72.4~78.2 217.6~237.0 +8.5~+15.6 PO [128]
CS Liposomes INS 10.7 / 100~150 −40~+40 PO [76]
CS Hydrogel BSA 9.85~9.91 98.63~99.07 / / In vitro [129]
CS NPs FA / 50 242 +32 In vitro [130]
CS NPs INS 18~19 68~74 218~250 +25~+27 In vitro [131]
CS Emulsions INS / / 8.7~141.9 +1.2~+33.9 PO [132]
CS NPs INS / 85 200~550 +2.83~+24.69 PO [133]
CS NPs INS 6.83 41 252.4 +5.99 PO [134]
CS NPs Exendin-4 14.7 60.9 260~1049 +3.6~+33.7 PO [135]
CS/fucoidan Capsules INS 8.6 56.4 256.7 +26.5 PO [136]
CS/Pectin NPs Metformin / 60~92 581.8 +41.8 PO [42]
CS/Pectin Nanogel TM / 27.4 175.2 −10.9 In vitro [137]
Starch NPs Plant extract / / 19.8 / In vitro [138]
Pectin NPs Metformin / 68 482.7 +38.9 PO [84]
HA NPs / / / 221.0 −25.7 IV [139]
HA NPs CD44 siRNAs / / 223.1 −25.6 IP [140]
HA/CS NPs INS 8.3 95 95~200 −40~−50 JI [141]
Xanthan Micelles Glibenclamide / 98.8 652.8 −27.6 PO [87]
Gelatin NPs INS / 11.7~49.7 50~250 / In vitro [142]
Dextran Polymersome INS 2.2~27.8 44.2~92.5 123.5~342.3 / PO [143]
Dextran NPs INS / 48.68 48~74 / In vitro [144]
CS/GA NPs Glycyrrhizin / 99.84 181.4 +31.4 PO [145]
CMCS NPs INS 9.8 67 100~300 / PO [146]
Pullulan Hydrogel INS 1.9~12.2 / / / In vitro [102]
Pullulan Hydrogel acarbose / 63 / / In vitro [147]
TMC Micelles INS 12.0~14.2 82.2~90.3 106.8~149.8 −19.1~+25.4 PO [148]
CS/HPMCP NPs INS 17.6~48.4 87.8~90.9 168~239 −26.7~+19.5 PO [85]
CS/β-CD Hydrogel INS / / / / PO [103]
CMCD-g-CS NPs INS 0.13 57.0 144~297 / PO [2]
NTC NPs INS 7.8 47.0 247.6 +45.2 PO [149]
NSC Hydrogel INS 38 76 / / PO [150]
β-CD Nanogel INS/pCMV-Ins 8.4 84.4 164~240 +23~+46.3 In vitro [151]
SCG NPs INS 2.5~3.5 53.9~70.2 60~200 −2.0~−6.5 PO [152]
Salecan NPs INS / 30.3~60.8 / / PO [104]

Abbreviations: CMCD/CMC: Carboxymethyl β-cyclodextrin grafted carboxymethyl chitosan, BSA: bovine serum albumin, CMCD-g-CS: carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin-grafted chitosan, CMCS: carboxymethyl chitosan, DS: dextran sulfate, FA: Ferulic acid, KC: κ-carrageenan, GA: gum Arabic, IASP: Insulin aspart, SCG: short-chain glucan, FD: fucoidan, MD: maltodextrin, TM: Timolol maleate, TMC: Trimethyl chitosan, HPMCP: hydroxy-propyl methylcellulose phthalate, NTC: N-trimethyl chitosan chloride, NSC: N-succinyl chitosan, NCs: Nanobiocomposites, SC: Subcutaneous injection, IV: intravenous injection, JI: Jejunal instillations, PO: per os, INS: Insulin.