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Polysaccharides in ocular drug delivery. / Dubashynskaya, Natallia; Poshina, Daria; Raik, Sergei; Urtti, Arto; Skorik, Yury A.
In: Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, No. 1, 22, 01.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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T1 - Polysaccharides in ocular drug delivery
AU - Dubashynskaya, Natallia
AU - Poshina, Daria
AU - Raik, Sergei
AU - Urtti, Arto
AU - Skorik, Yury A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Polysaccharides, such as cellulose, hyaluronic acid, alginic acid, and chitosan, as well as polysaccharide derivatives, have been successfully used to augment drug delivery in the treatment of ocular pathologies. The properties of polysaccharides can be extensively modified to optimize ocular drug formulations and to obtain biocompatible and biodegradable drugs with improved bioavailability and tailored pharmacological effects. This review discusses the available polysaccharide choices for overcoming the difficulties associated with ocular drug delivery, and it explores the reasons for the dependence between the physicochemical properties of polysaccharide-based drug carriers and their efficiency in different formulations and applications. Polysaccharides will continue to be of great interest to researchers endeavoring to develop ophthalmic drugs with improved effectiveness and safety.
AB - Polysaccharides, such as cellulose, hyaluronic acid, alginic acid, and chitosan, as well as polysaccharide derivatives, have been successfully used to augment drug delivery in the treatment of ocular pathologies. The properties of polysaccharides can be extensively modified to optimize ocular drug formulations and to obtain biocompatible and biodegradable drugs with improved bioavailability and tailored pharmacological effects. This review discusses the available polysaccharide choices for overcoming the difficulties associated with ocular drug delivery, and it explores the reasons for the dependence between the physicochemical properties of polysaccharide-based drug carriers and their efficiency in different formulations and applications. Polysaccharides will continue to be of great interest to researchers endeavoring to develop ophthalmic drugs with improved effectiveness and safety.
KW - Eye tissue regeneration
KW - Intravitreal administration
KW - Ocular bioavailability
KW - Ocular drug delivery
KW - Periocular administration
KW - Polysaccharide
KW - Topical administration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077328666&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010022
DO - 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010022
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85077328666
VL - 12
JO - Pharmaceutics
JF - Pharmaceutics
SN - 1999-4923
IS - 1
M1 - 22
ER -
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