Poly (γ) glutamic acid: a unique microbial biopolymer with diverse commercial applicability [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyMicrobial biopolymers have emerged as promising solutions for environmental pollution-related human health issues. Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA), a natural anionic polymeric compound, is composed of highly viscous homo-polyamide of D and L-glutamic acid ...
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Recent Advances in Microbial Synthesis of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid: A Review [PDF]
Foods, 2022 Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is a natural, safe, non-immunogenic, biodegradable, and environmentally friendly glutamic biopolymer. γ-PGA has been regarded as a promising bio-based materials in the food field, medical field, even in environmental ...
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Synthesis of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid and Its Application in Biomedical Materials. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is a natural polymer composed of glutamic acid monomer and it has garnered substantial attention in both the fields of material science and biomedicine. Its remarkable cell compatibility, degradability, and other advantageous
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BMC Plant Biology, 2022 Background Compared with other abiotic stresses, drought stress causes serious crop yield reductions. Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA), as an environmentally friendly biomacromolecule, plays an important role in plant growth and regulation.
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Antibacterial Hydrogels Derived from Poly(γ-glutamic acid) Nanofibers [PDF]
Gels, 2022 Biocompatible hydrogels with antibacterial properties derived from γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) were prepared from bulk and electrospun nanofibers.
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Effects of Fe2+ addition to sugarcane molasses on poly-γ-glutamic acid production in Bacillus licheniformis CGMCC NO. 23967. [PDF]
Microb Cell Fact, 2023 Background Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is biodegradable, water-soluble, environment-friendly, and edible. Consequently, it has a variety of industrial applications. It is crucial to control production cost and increase output for industrial production γ-
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Drug delivery applications of poly-γ-glutamic acid
Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 Background Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is a biopolymer of microbial origin, consisting of repeating units of l-glutamic acid and/or D-glutamic acid. The biopolymer has found use in the fields of agriculture, food, wastewater, and medicine, owing to its ...
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Effective Decolorization of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid Fermentation Broth by Integrated Activated Carbon Adsorption and Isoelectric Point Precipitation of Glutamic Acid [PDF]
MoleculesPoly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is widely used in the field of biomedicine, food, agriculture, and ecological remediation. For the biosynthesis of γ-PGA, the pigments and remaining glutamate are two big problems that impede γ-PGA production by fermentation,
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Effects of poly-γ-glutamic acid and poly-γ-glutamic acid super absorbent polymer on the sandy loam soil hydro-physical properties. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 The main forms of poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) applied in agriculture include agricultural γ-PGA and γ-PGA super absorbent polymer (SAP). Laboratory experiments were conducted with a check treatment CK (no γ-PGA added) and two different forms of γ-PGA ...
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Efficient molasses utilization for low-molecular-weight poly-γ-glutamic acid production using a novel Bacillus subtilis stain. [PDF]
Microb Cell Fact, 2022 Background Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is a biopolymer and has various applications based on its biocompatibility, non-toxicity, and edibility. Low-molecular-weight (Mw)-γ-PGA has promising applications in agriculture and pharmaceuticals.
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