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Abstract : Biomaterial-based tissue engineering has become quite popular in the recent past. Natural polymer-based biomaterials have gained a considerable amount of interest owing to their biocompatibility and ease of blending with a wide range of natural and synthetic polymers. Polymers like collagen, alginate, hyaluronic acid, chitin, and chitosan have been in the field of tissue engineering for quite some time now, whereas polymers like carrageenan, pectin, guar-gum, silk, and silk fibroin are relatively new. Nevertheless, a wide variety of such natural biopolymers and their modified forms have been used for various tissue engineering and wound healing applications. This >provides an overview of some of the commonly used natural biopolymer-based constructs that are either being currently used or tested in the clinics for tissue engineering and wound healing applications. Further, issues that need to be overcome to promote better clinical translation of such products are also discussed.