“…Thiolation of polymer backbones derived from naturally occurring biopolymers, like hyaluronic acid [ 52 ], chitosan [ 53 , 54 ], alginate [ 55 ], gellan gum [ 56 , 57 ], starch [ 58 ], glycogen [ 59 ], cellulose [ 60 , 61 ], arabinoxylan [ 62 ], xanthan gum [ 63 , 64 ], and cyclodextrins [ 65 , 66 , 67 ] have been studied as mucoadhesive materials. The mucoadhesive properties of thiolated synthetic polymers have been studied, also.…”