The food and biomedical applications of curcumin-loaded electrospun nanofibers: A comprehensive review

Abstract

Encapsulating curcumin (CUR) in nanocarriers such as liposomes, polymeric micelles, silica nanoparticles, protein-based nanocarriers, solid lipid nanoparticles, and nanocrystals could be efficient for a variety of industrial and biomedical applications. Nanofibers containing CUR represent a stable polymer-drug carrier with excellent surface-to-volume ratios for loading and cell interactions, tailored porosity for controlled CUR release, and diverse properties that fit the requirements for numerous applications. Despite the mentioned benefits, electrospinning is not capable of producing fibers from multiple polymers and biopolymers, and the product’s effectiveness might be affected by various machine- and material-dependent parameters like the voltage and the flow rate of the electrospinning process. This review delves into the current and innovative recent research on nanofibers containing CUR and their various applications.

Keywords:

• Curcumin-loaded nanofibers
• electrospinning
• biomedical engineering
• food safety
• tissue engineering

Authors’ contributions

All authors contributed to investigation, conceptualization, analysis, and were involved in the writing process.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

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This study has not been funded by any institute.