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Review
. 2020 Mar 18;11(1):20.
doi: 10.3390/jfb11010020.

Pullulan for Advanced Sustainable Body- and Skin-Contact Applications

Maria-Beatrice Coltelli  1   2 , Serena Danti  1 , Karen De Clerck  3 , Andrea Lazzeri  1   2 , Pierfrancesco Morganti  4   5
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Pullulan for Advanced Sustainable Body- and Skin-Contact Applications

Maria-Beatrice Coltelli et al. J Funct Biomater. .

Abstract

The present review had the aim of describing the methodologies of synthesis and properties of biobased pullulan, a microbial polysaccharide investigated in the last decade because of its interesting potentialities in several applications. After describing the implications of pullulan in nano-technology, biodegradation, compatibility with body and skin, and sustainability, the current applications of pullulan are described, with the aim of assessing the potentialities of this biopolymer in the biomedical, personal care, and cosmetic sector, especially in applications in contact with skin.

Keywords: biocompatibility; biodegradation; biopolymers; exopolysaccharides; pullulan.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Structure of pullulan.
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Applications of pullulan.
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Comparison between electrospun pullulan/gelatin tissue [73] (left) with extracellular matrix [73] (right).
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Production of amino acids and natural moisturizing factors (NMF) by filaggrin at the stratum corneum level.
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