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Electrospun plant mucilage nanofibers as biocompatible scaffolds for cell proliferation
- Source :
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 115:1218-1224
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Electrospun nanofibers (ESNFs) were prepared from mucilage isolated from chan and linaza beans and mozote stem commercially available in Costa Rica. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) was used as an aiding agent. Mucilage/PVA mixed solutions of different volume ratios (100:0, 80:20, 60:40, 40:60, 20:80 and 0:100) were prepared and adjusted to be similar in viscosity and electrical conductivity suitable for electrospinning. Morphology of the ESNFs was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies were used to characterize chemical composition and thermal characteristics of the nanofibers (NFs). The ability of the NFs to support fibroblast cell proliferation was investigated in vitro using the optimized mucilage/PVA solutions. Results show plant mucilage-based ESNFs are well-suited for fibroblast cell growth, significantly better than ESNFs of PVA; and the mucilage of chan beans is better than those of mozote and linaza for supporting cell proliferation.
- Subjects :
- Vinyl alcohol
Materials science
Scanning electron microscope
Nanofibers
Biocompatible Materials
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
Cell Line
Plant Mucilage
chemistry.chemical_compound
Differential scanning calorimetry
Electricity
Structural Biology
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Molecular Biology
Cell Proliferation
Tissue Engineering
Tissue Scaffolds
integumentary system
General Medicine
Fibroblasts
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Electrospinning
0104 chemical sciences
Chemical engineering
Mucilage
chemistry
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Nanofiber
0210 nano-technology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01418130
- Volume :
- 115
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....daeb580299cfa8148f9ff80f45127a76