Our work aimed to develop and characterize different alginate beads with either non-heme iron or a blend of heme/non-heme iron. We chose non-heme iron salts such as ferrous sulfate (FS), ferrous ammonium sulfate (FAS), ...

Heme iron (Fe) release from alginate beads at in vitro simulated gastrointestinal conditions for potential use as oral heme Fe supplement was studied. Five beads at different ratios of sodium alginate (SA)-to-spray-dried ...

Beads of alginate montmorillonite have been used for the first time as sorbent of the cationic pesticide paraquat (PQ). They are a green material because they are formed by a biopolymer and a clay mineral, and because they ...

3D Cell culture is an alternative to animal use in many drug development and toxicity studies. The 3D cell culture can mimic and reproduce the original tissue microenvironment, morphology, and mechanical and physiological ...

Gellan gum/pectin beads were prepared by ionotropic gelation, using Al3+ as crosslinker. High yield (92.76%) and entrapment efficiency (52.22-88.78%) were reached. Beads exhibited high circularity (0.730-0.849) and size ...

This chapter presents the synthesis, characterization, and optimization of alginate beads loaded with different amounts of montmorillonite (0, 5, 30, and 70%). Besides, their application as adsorbent material for the ...

Several papers have reported the advantageous combination of chitosan and ceramic particles for such applications as biomimetic scaffolds, membranes, pollution remediation and gelcasting complex shapes. This work presents ...