Cover Image, Volume 139, Issue 26. Issue 26 (15th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hazra, Ahana; Sanyal, Dwipanjan; De, Arnab; Chatterjee, Sohini; Chattopadhyay, Krishnananda; Samanta, Amalesh
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied polymer science. Volume 139:Issue 26(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-05-15
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 668.9
• DOI: 10.1002/app.51116
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8995

Abstract

Abstract : The cover image designed by Ahana Hazra and co‐authors shows the development of a novel capecitabineloaded biopolymeric vehicle for the treatment of colon cancer. Microspheres with varying concentration of gum odina and sodium alginate were formulated using calcium chloride as a cross‐linker by ionotropic gelation technique. The gum odina was the natural exudate on the bark of odina woider and was collected in the dry condition. The sem photographs of microsphere showed a spherical shape with a rough surface and pores. This porous structure is desirable for water uptake, swelling, and releasing mechanisms in the colon cancer region. DOI: 10.1002/app.52374