Natural Product Based Hydrogels in Biomedicine: Design Strategies and Crosslinking Mechanisms
Mengya Zhao, Baixin Kou, Chunyang Lu, Haidong Wang, Guangzhe Li, Lingkun Meng, Mingming Yan · 2026
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Mengya Zhao and co-authors present a review, published in 2026, on hydrogels built from natural products for medicine. Hydrogels, water swollen networks that hold their shape, suit the body well, and natural compounds bring healing activities with gentler toxicity than many synthetic drugs. The review sorts designs by how the natural ingredient joins the gel: assembling itself into the network, sitting trapped inside it, or being chemically stitched to it.
Each strategy changes the gel's strength, how well the ingredient keeps its activity, and how it leaks out over time. Some natural products even serve as the gel's own building blocks or crosslinks. The authors weigh the trade offs and prospects for wounds, drug delivery, and tissue repair.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mengya Zhao, Baixin Kou, Chunyang Lu, Haidong Wang, Guangzhe Li, Lingkun Meng, Mingming Yan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 71 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |