| SPG | Schizophyllan |
| OSA | Ocenyl succinate anhydride |
| OSSPG | Octenylsuccinic schizophyllan |
| C-OSSPG | Curcumin loaded octenylsuccinic schizophyllan |
| DS | Substitution degree |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| FT-IR | Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy |
| TG | ThermoGravimetry |
| TGA | Thermogravimetric Analysis |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope |
| LC | Loading capacity |
| BP | Hydorgel containing Borax and PVA |
| C-OSSPGx/BP | Hydorgel containing Curcumin loaded octenylsuccinic schizophyllan, Borax, and PVA, x represent the concentration of curcumin loaded octenylsuccinic schizophyllan |
| BJ | Fibroblast cell line |
| HaCaT | HaCat cell line |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| RAW 264.7 | leukemia cells in mouse macrophage |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |