Glycolide and lactide function as the commonly used diester monomers for preparation of high-molecular weight, degradation-prone (co-)polyesters. Both glycolide lactide-based polymers are widely in medicine, pharmaceuticals, food industry, additive technologies. This review on diesters, spanning research from 1833-1854 to present, encompassing their structural peculiarities, physico-chemical pr...

One small-scale double emulsion technique for incorporation of Naja- Naja oxiana venom into Poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres were developed and optimized. The effects of high speed homogenization on the double emulsion stability, microsphere size, entrapment efficiency and In vitro release of venom were studied. A stable double emulsion was verified by homogenization method. Slow...

Silica incorporation into biomaterials, such as Bioglass and Si-substituted calcium phosphate ceramics has received significant attention in bone tissue engineering over the last few decades. This study aims to explore dissolution behaviour of natural biosilica isolated from a freshwater diatom, Cyclotella meneghiniana, that been incorporated 3D printed poly (DL-lactide -co – glycolide) (PDLGA)...

Intraperitoneal cisplatin delivery has recently been shown to benefit ovarian cancer patients. Cisplatin-containing poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres have been proposed for cisplatin delivery. The drug loading of cisplatin containing microspheres produced elsewhere is 3-10 %w. Similar microspheres are reported here with a mean diameter of 38.8 μm, and a drug loading of 11.7 %w, but...