Alginate: properties and biomedical applications
Kuen Yong Lee,David J. Mooney +1 more
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This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.read more
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Extrusion bioprinting of soft materials: An emerging technique for biological model fabrication
Jiang Tao,Jose G. Munguia-Lopez,Salvador Flores-Torres,Jacqueline Kort-Mascort,Joseph M. Kinsella +4 more
TL;DR: The different methods to describe the physical mechanisms of the extrusion process are reviewed, followed by the commonly employed bioprintable soft materials with their mechanical and biochemical properties and finally reviewing the up-to-date heterogeneous in vitro models afforded via biopprinting.
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Microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanoparticles using sodium alginate and their antibacterial activity
TL;DR: In this article, a simple green, microwave-assisted method of synthesizing silver nanoparticles was developed using sodium alginate as stabilizer and reducer, and the results indicated the formation of spherical, nanometer-sized particles.
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Alginate: From Food Industry to Biomedical Applications and Management of Metabolic Disorders.
TL;DR: Alginate holds the promise of an effective product used in the food industry as well as in the management of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
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Magnetic prussian blue/graphene oxide nanocomposites caged in calcium alginate microbeads for elimination of cesium ions from water and soil
TL;DR: In this article, magnetic prussian blue/graphene oxide (PB/Fe 3 O 4 /GO) nanocomposites encapsulated in calcium alginate microbeads (PFGM) were designed and fabricated.
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Alginate oligosaccharides: enzymatic preparation and antioxidant property evaluation.
Mia Falkeborg,Ling-Zhi Cheong,Carlo Gianfico,Katarzyna Magdalena Sztukiel,Kasper Kristensen,Marianne Glasius,Xuebing Xu,Zheng Guo +7 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that AOs obtained from a facile enzymatic treatment of abundant alginate is an excellent natural antioxidant, which may find applications in the food industry.
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