Dried Fruit of the Luffa Sponge as a Source of Chitin for Applications as Skin Substitutes

LUFFACHITIN obtained from the residue of the sponge-like dried fruit of Luffa aegyptiaca was developed as a weavable skin substitute in this study. A chemical analysis revealed that LUFFACHITIN was composed of a copolymer containing N-acetyl-glucosamine (~40%) as a major monomer with a filamentary s...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Ping-Lun, Chien, Mei-Yin, Sheu, Ming-Thau, Huang, Yi-You, Chen, Meng-Hsun, Su, Ching-Hua, Liu, Der-Zen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4000938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24812618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/458287

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4000938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24812618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/458287

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