Title:A Comprehensive Review on Hydrogels
Volume: 19
Issue: 6
Author(s): Hitesh Chopra, Inderbir Singh*, Sandeep Kumar, Tanima Bhattacharya, Md. Habibur Rahman*, Rokeya Akter and Md. Tanvir Kabir
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura-140401, Patiala, Punjab,
India
- Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
- Department of Global Medical Science, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei
University, Wonju 26426, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Keywords:
Hydrogels, targeted drug delivery, cross-linking, wound healing, vaginal gels, scaffolds.
Abstract: The conventional drug delivery systems have a long list of repeated dosing and toxicity
issues. The hydrogels solve these issues as they minimize such activities and optimize therapeutic
benefits. The hydrogels possess tunable properties that can withstand degradation, metabolism, and
control release moieties. Some areas of applications of hydrogels involve wound healing, ocular
systems, vaginal gels, scaffolds for tissue and bone engineering, etc. They comprise about 90% of
the water that makes them suitable bio-mimic moiety. Here, we present an extensive review of various
perspectives of hydrogels, along with their applications.