Thermal properties and enzymatic degradation of PBS copolyesters containing dl-malic acid units

Chemosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 272 ◽  
pp. 129543
Author(s):  
Huashan Wang ◽  
Kaiyue Liu ◽  
Xing Chen ◽  
Meiyi Wang
2014 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 257-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Nerantzaki ◽  
George Z. Papageorgiou ◽  
Dimitrios N. Bikiaris

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Hahn ◽  
Sebastian Wesselbaum ◽  
Helmut Keul ◽  
Martin Möller

2013 ◽  
Vol 774-776 ◽  
pp. 569-572
Author(s):  
Zong Hua Kang ◽  
Chang Lu Wang

This study synthesizes a series of aliphatic biodegradable poly (butylene succinate-block-1,3-propylene sebacate) (PBS-b-PPS) copolyesters by incorporation of PPS into the PBS molecular chains at various molar ratios. The effects of these compositions on the thermal properties, crystallinity and biodegradability were investigated.The PBS-b-PPS were characterized using 1H NMR, DSC and POM.Biodegradability was evaluated by enzymatic hydrolysis with a lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia. The copolyesters might be potentially useful as the biodegradable materials.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5641
Author(s):  
Ruxandra-Elena Geanaliu-Nicolae ◽  
Ecaterina Andronescu

Due to their unique properties—the are biocompatible, easily accessible, and inexpensive with programmable properties—biopolymers are used in pharmaceutical and biomedical research, as well as in cosmetics and food. Collagen is one of the most-used biomaterials in biomedicine, being the most abundant protein in animals with a triple helices structure, biocompatible, biomimetic, biodegradable, and hemostatic. Its disadvantages are its poor mechanical and thermal properties and enzymatic degradation. In order to solve this problem and to use its benefits, collagen can be used blended with other biomaterials such as alginate, chitosan, and cellulose. The purpose of this review article is to offer a brief paper with updated information on blended collagen-based formulations and their potential application in biomedicine.


Author(s):  
B.J. Panessa-Warren ◽  
G.T. Tortora ◽  
J.B. Warren

Some bacteria are capable of forming highly resistant spores when environmental conditions are not adequate for growth. Depending on the genus and species of the bacterium, these endospores are resistant in varying degrees to heat, cold, pressure, enzymatic degradation, ionizing radiation, chemical sterilants,physical trauma and organic solvents. The genus Clostridium, responsible for botulism poisoning, tetanus, gas gangrene and diarrhea in man, produces endospores which are highly resistant. Although some sporocides can kill Clostridial spores, the spores require extended contact with a sporocidal agent to achieve spore death. In most clinical situations, this extended period of treatment is not possible nor practical. This investigation examines Clostridium sporogenes endospores by light, transmission and scanning electron microscopy under various dormant and growth conditions, cataloging each stage in the germination and outgrowth process, and analyzing the role played by the exosporial membrane in the attachment and germination of the spore.


1960 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 332-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
W WENDLANDT ◽  
J VANTASSEL ◽  
G ROBERTHORTON
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