PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MARINEDERIVED POLYSACCHARIDES

Abstract

Biological macromolecules called natural polysaccharides are made up of one or more monosaccharides joined in a chain.  To create linear or branching polysaccharides, the monosaccharides can be joined in a variety of ways.  Photosynthesis, a natural process that captures carbon, is followed by biosynthetic changes to produce natural polysaccharides.  Both in their natural or chemically altered forms, they are widely used in industrially significant fields such as medicine and food.  The food, cosmetics, textile, adhesive, paint, paper, and pharmaceutical industries all appreciate the use of natural or biopolymers as materials. There has been discussion of a wide variety of polysaccharide hydrogels for modified release dosage forms.  They are now a crucial component of every drug delivery system, whether it be traditional or innovative.  Swellable polymers, often known as responsive polymers or polysaccharides, are unique, highly useful carriers.  When water or biological fluids are present, these polymers react by changing their shape, which permits the medicine to be released from the dosage form. Polymers offer a range of characteristics such as diffusivity, permeability and solubility that are important in controlled delivery. Natural polysaccharides have, up to now, caused a lot of interest due to their diverse uses in pharmacy such as binding, thickening, suspending, gelling, stabilizing, emulsifying, disintegrating, film formation, matrix and control release agent.