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Traditional drug delivery methods are prone to large fluctuations in drug concentration and require multiple frequent doses. As a green material with excellent properties, cellulose has been widely used as a drug carrier for the development and preparation of drug controlled-release system. Based on the mechanisms of slow drug release, such as dissolution-diffusion release, degradation release, and nanochannel-controlled release, the preparation methods of cellulose-based drug carriers are introduced in this paper. The applications of cellulose-based drug carriers in the fields of antitumor therapy, antibacterial therapy, chronic disease treatment, and viral disease treatment are summarized with the aim of providing a useful reference for research on cellulose-based drug carriers.


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Advances in Research on Cellulose-based Drug Carriers

Show Author's information Miaoxiu Yang1Yanrou Zhang3Zhenhua Liu1( )Lina Liu2Xin Wang1Liwei Qian3( )
China Pulp and Paper Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100102, China
China Light Industry International Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100026, China
College of Bioresources Chemical & Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, 710021, China

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Traditional drug delivery methods are prone to large fluctuations in drug concentration and require multiple frequent doses. As a green material with excellent properties, cellulose has been widely used as a drug carrier for the development and preparation of drug controlled-release system. Based on the mechanisms of slow drug release, such as dissolution-diffusion release, degradation release, and nanochannel-controlled release, the preparation methods of cellulose-based drug carriers are introduced in this paper. The applications of cellulose-based drug carriers in the fields of antitumor therapy, antibacterial therapy, chronic disease treatment, and viral disease treatment are summarized with the aim of providing a useful reference for research on cellulose-based drug carriers.

Keywords: cellulose, drug carrier, drug controlled-release

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