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Silk Sericin: A Promising Sustainable Biomaterial for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications

Silk is a natural composite fiber composed mainly of hydrophobic fibroin and hydrophilic sericin, produced by the silkworm Bombyx mori. In the textile industry, the cocoons of B. mori are processed into silk fabric, where the sericin is substantially removed and usually discarded in wastewater. This...

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Autores principales: Silva, Andreia S., Costa, Elisabete C., Reis, Sara, Spencer, Carina, Calhelha, Ricardo C., Miguel, Sónia P., Ribeiro, Maximiano P., Barros, Lillian, Vaz, Josiana A., Coutinho, Paula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9699483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36433058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14224931