Electrospun soy protein scaffolds as wound dressings: Enhanced reepithelialization in a porcine model of wound healing

Characterization, release and antioxidant activity of curcumin-loaded amaranth-pullulan electrospun fibers

“…Biopolymers can offer renewable nature, biodegradability, biocompatibility (Schiffman & Schauer, 2008), and they possess the necessary characteristics as specific visco-elastic properties, electric conductivities and surface tension values to produce electrospun fibers (Agarwal, Greiner, & Wendorff, 2009). Some types of proteins have been electrospun to obtain nanofibers such as casein (Xie & Hsieh, 2003), soy protein (Har-el, Gerstenhaber, Brodsky, Huneke, & Lelkes, 2014;Vega-Lugo & Lim, 2009), and more recently zein (Oliveira et al, 2014). Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) is a pseudocereal with high protein content (17%) and amino acid composition close to the optimum amino acid balance required by human nutrition (Schnetzler & Breen, 1994).…”

A poly(γ‐glutamic acid)‐based hydrogel loaded with superoxide dismutase for wound healing

“…Collagen is a major determinant of the increase in tensile strength of healing wounds . Collagen deposition and granulation tissue formation play an important role in wound healing and reconstruction of tissue . The histological analysis of granulated rat tissue from our treated groups at different days was shown in Figure .…”

“…45 Collagen deposition and granulation tissue formation play an important role in wound healing and reconstruction of tissue. 46,47 The histological analysis of granulated rat tissue from our treated groups at different days was shown in Figure 9. The results indicated that wounds treated with SOD-PGAS/PGA-H exhibited more abundant mature and compact collagen than the wounds of other groups.…”

System integration of functionalized natural materials

“…According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) toxicity categories are used to classify chemicals based on their acute toxicity (US EPA, 2010b). 69 One of the most common parameters to measure toxicity is the LC 50 , which stands for the lethal concentration of a substance that causes 50% of a population of selected sensitive organisms to perish after 24 h of exposure. If the LC 50 is less than 100 mg/L, by convention, the chemical in question can be considered toxic.…”