Green Tea-Based Film for Oral Mucositis Treatment (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Green Tea-Based Film for Oral Mucositis Treatment

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The researchers prepared the film by combining xyloglucan, a polymer from tamarind seeds, with green tea extract, then drying the mixture at 4 °C for seven days. The resulting film offers adhesion and properties comparable to commercial oral mucoadhesive films.

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Reproduced from Hirose et al. with permission from the American Chemical Society Image source link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.4c06410

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