Bacterial Cellulose: A Sustainable Source to Develop Value-Added Products – A Review

Gallegos, Alejandra; Carrera, Sonia Herrera; Parra‐Saldívar, Roberto; Keshavarz, Tajalli; Iqbal, Hafiz M.N.

doi:10.15376/biores.11.2.gallegos

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“…BNC as a new material is considered as a new solution to unsolved problems . Many excellent review articles regarding BNC have been published and the amount of scientific literature is growing exponentially . In the following sections, selected current and forward‐looking hot topics of BNC research, development and applications are discussed in more detail, including the production of BNC and the scale‐up, product design and structural characterization.…”

Section: Bacterial Nanocellulose In Regenerative Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

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Bacterial nanocelullose in biomedical applications: a review

Sionkowska

Mężykowska

Piątek

2019

Polymer International

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This review reports recent advances in the application of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) in biomedical fields. BNC has attracted both academic and industrial attention as it shows interesting properties for both biomedical and cosmetic applications. Herein, the structure, properties and selected applications of BNC in the preparation of wound dressings and artificial skin are discussed in general, and detailed examples are also drawn from the scientific literature. In this review the most common applications are presented in detail together with issues related to regenerative medicine and biomedicine, skin tissue engineering, auricular cartilage reconstruction, bone regeneration and the treatment of traumatic tympanic membrane perforation. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry

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Section: Bacterial Nanocellulose In Regenerative Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is possible to obtain an identical BNC to plant cellulose in terms of molecular structure. 1 BNC is used in medicine (wound dressings, drug carriers, medical implants) and in cosmetology. It also plays a significant role in various industries, i.e.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Bacterial nanocelullose in biomedical applications: a review

Sionkowska

Mężykowska

Piątek

2019

Polymer International

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“…The biomaterials exploitation for biotechnological applications at large and biomedical in particular has several intrinsic advantages that include biocompatibility, biodegradability, renewability, sustainability, and non-toxicity (Iqbal 2015;Gallegos et al, 2016). The sustainability concept is shown in Figure 1.…”

Section: Applications Of Biomaterialsmentioning

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Emerging Pathogens and Bioactive Materials: In Greening the 21st Century Biomedical Sciences

Iqbal¹,

Dhama²

2018

JEBAS

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Emerging pathogens are a major threat to the biological safety of the world in the 21 st century. Owing to many reasons, the emergence and re-emergence of deadly pathogens have increased and posed a considerable challenge to human and animal health, alike. Various factors including ecological changes along with other specific risk factors related to the type and classification of the pathogen, route of transmission and host range are among the most commonly associated criterion for emerging and reemerging pathogenic environments. Owing to the lack of essential in-depth knowledge, challenges remain in this domain to tackle and combat emerging pathogens. Significant research efforts, exploitations of natural resources with potent bioactivities, and development of scientific innovations along with new degrees of integration are required to tackle this challenging threat. Aiming to resolve these issues, various methodological approaches including in -vitro, in-vivo, ex-vivo, etc. have been exploited, in the past several years. Research is underway around the globe to develop or engineer bioactive materials. Among them, biomaterials-based therapeutic constructs are of supreme interests in the current biomedical sector. The following measures, i.e. (i) principle sources of emerging pathogens, (ii) linking pathogen surveillance of wild and domestic animals, (iii) public health surveillance at the national and international level, and (iv) importantly the coverage of these surveillance issues, etc. should be taken with utmost care. This will ultimately make a significant and essential contribution to the detection and control of emerging and re-emerging pathogens.

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“…These qualities altogether indicate that BC is very well suited for papermaking, as its unique structure can enhance the performance of paper (Matsuoka et al 1996;Wada et al 2003;Cacicedo et al 2016;Jozala et al 2016). Further, and perhaps most importantly, BC is an attractive and eco-friendly potential alternative to plant fiber in the pulp and paper industry (Gallegos et al 2016).…”

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“…BC and natural plant cellulose are very similar in chemical composition and fiber structure. Both are characterized by the similarities between their glucose group and the main chain with the β-1,4-glycosides, which polymerize into a high polymer (Gallegos et al 2016). The differences between the two are mainly reflected by the following aspects.…”

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Dispersion and Beating of Bacterial Cellulose and their Influence on Paper Properties

Yuan¹,

Wang²,

Xian-nan³

et al. 2016

BioResources

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Three dispersion instruments (a standard laboratory disintegrator, PFI beater, and ultrasonic cell disrupter) were tested to determine their effects on the dispersion of bacterial cellulose (BC) wet films. After treatment with a standard 10000 r disintegrator treatment, there was still a large number of undispersed fiber bundles in the BC suspension. The BC films were dispersed well after PFI beating revolution at 30000 r, and the cationic charge demand of the BC suspension reached 2.4 × 10 -4 eq·g -1 . The ultrasonic cell crusher was altogether unsuitable for BC dispersion. The ultrasonic cell crusher only separated the BC from the bundles. The properties of the resulting paper indicated that the physical strength of paper containing BC dispersed by the PFI beater was higher than that of the sample produced via standard laboratory disintegrator. Well-dispersed BC was distributed evenly among the plant fibers, which benefitted the combination of BC and plant fiber to improve the physical properties of the paper sheets.

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Bacterial Cellulose: A Sustainable Source to Develop Value-Added Products – A Review

Cited by 118 publications

References 47 publications

Bacterial nanocelullose in biomedical applications: a review

Bacterial nanocelullose in biomedical applications: a review

Emerging Pathogens and Bioactive Materials: In Greening the 21st Century Biomedical Sciences

Dispersion and Beating of Bacterial Cellulose and their Influence on Paper Properties

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