“…Among all the features that a suitable nanocarrier should have, biocompatibility and biodegradability are two more important aspects that always should be considered. − Until now, many biodegradable and biocompatible synthetic and natural polymers including polyesters, polyamides, polyethylene imines, , acrylic polymers, , polyglycerols, and polysaccharides, , have been used in the structure of smart nanocarriers. It seems that the application of natural polysaccharides in DDS is more attractive , because they are easy accessible (they are nonsynthetic) and exhibit renewability, high stability, nontoxicity, good hydrophilicity, and biodegradability in the human body. , Moreover, the unique structure of polysaccharides allows many noncovalent interactions with biological tissues, which resulted in higher cellular uptake for polysaccharide based carriers. , On the other hand, most of the natural polysaccharides contain only hydroxyl and carboxyl groups which cannot easily react with drug molecules .…”