Natural Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Drug Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1736
Special Issue Editors
2. Posdoc CONAHCYT-Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Carretera a Eldorado Km. 5.5, Col. Campo El Diez, Culiacan CP 80110, Mexico
Interests: bioactive natural compounds; phytotherapy; anti-inflammatory; antidiabetic; antioxidant
Interests: phytochemistry; food chemistry; antioxidants; functional foods; food processing
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Interests: bioactive compounds; non-communicable diseases; encapsulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will cover the most recent research on innovations concerning several bioactive natural materials and their applications in the field of biomedicine.
We invite researchers and academics to submit papers that focus on a wide range of issues and concerns regarding the use of bioactive natural products obtained from diverse sources in biomedical applications, including, but not limited to, the following:
- The application of biopolymers from natural sources, such as chitosan or collagen, for therapeutic uses (for example, tissue regeneration or wound healing);
- The design or use of biological drug carriers, innovative techniques of all pharmaceutical dosage forms, controlled release, bioavailability/bioaccessibility, and drug absorption;
- Biomaterials derived from natural sources;
- Coating materials and technologies used to encapsulate natural compounds.
Dr. Nayely Leyva-López
Prof. Dr. José Basilio Heredia
Dr. Laura Aracely Contreras-Angulo
Dr. Mirian A. González-Ayón
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- natural polymers
- biomaterials
- pharmaceutics
- natural drug carriers
- encapsulation matrixes
- tissue engineering and wound healing
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