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2026
Shellac as a renewable natural resin for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications: Properties, modification strategies, and emerging technologies
Shellac is a renewable natural resin secreted from the lac insect “Kerria lacca”. According to its excellent film-forming ability, moisture-protective properties, thermoplastic behavior, and pH-responsive dissolution, shellac has been conventionally employed as a pharmaceutical enteric coating material. Nevertheless, i...
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