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Natural, synthetic and commercially-available biopolymers used to regenerate tendons and ligaments
Bioactive Materials, 2023 Tendon and ligament (TL) injuries affect millions of people annually. Biopolymers play a significant role in TL tissue repair, whether the treatment relies on tissue engineering strategies or using artificial tendon grafts.
Behzad Shiroud Heidari +6 more
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An Overview of Biopolymers for Drug Delivery Applications
Applied SciencesNowadays, drug delivery has an important role in medical therapy. The use of biopolymers in developing drug delivery systems (DDSs) is increasingly attracting attention due to their remarkable and numerous advantages, in contrast to conventional polymers.
Ocsana Opriș +5 more
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Effect of solid loading on the behaviour of pectin-degrading enzymes
Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 Background Pectin plays a role in the recalcitrance of plant biomass by affecting the accessibility of other cell wall components to enzymatic degradation.
Fan Li, Loïc Foucat, Estelle Bonnin
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to global health. Although the efforts in antibiotic drug discovery continue to play a pivotal role, this solution alone probably will not be enough to ensure the required level of infection control
Hung Le +4 more
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Polysaccharides based biopolymers for biomedical applications: A review
Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2023 Polysaccharides are a class of natural biopolymers that have attracted significant attention due to their unique properties, which make them attractive for use in a wide range of applications.
Nazish Jabeen, M. Atif
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Foods, 2022 In vitro digestibility of starch is a common analysis in human nutrition research, and generally consists of performing the hydrolysis of starch by α-amylase in specific conditions.
Yuzi Wang +3 more
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Innovations in applications and prospects of bioplastics and biopolymers: a review
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 Non-biodegradable plastics are continually amassing landfills and oceans worldwide while creating severe environmental issues and hazards to animal and human health. Plastic pollution has resulted in the death of millions of seabirds and aquatic animals.
S. Nanda +4 more
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Microstructure and local mechanical properties of pea starch / protein composites
Composites Part C: Open Access, 2022 Biopolymer composites based on pea starch-protein blends and pea flour are processed using extrusion at various levels of specific mechanical energy (SME).
I. Jebalia +5 more
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Polymer Bulletin, 2022 Biopolymers are mainly the polymers which are created or obtained from living creatures such as plants and bacteria rather than petroleum, which has traditionally been the source of polymers.
Abinash Das +3 more
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Colloids and Interfaces, 2023 The main objective of this study was to establish the relative importance of the main operating parameters impacting the formation of food-grade oil-in-water nanoemulsions by high-pressure homogenization.
Hualu Zhou +3 more
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