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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Synthesis and Characterization of a Bioartificial Polymeric System with Potential Antibacterial Activity: Chitosan-Polyvinyl Alcohol-Ampicillin.

Andres Bernal-Ballen, Jorge Lopez-Garcia, Martha-Andrea Merchan-Merchan, Marian Lehocky

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Andres Bernal-BallenGrupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Biomédica, Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Avenida Circunvalar No. 60-00, Bogotá 1101, Colombia. andres_bernal9@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2033-3817
Jorge Lopez-GarciaCentre of Polymer Systems, University Institute, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Trida Tomase Bati 5678, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic. lopez@utb.cz.
Martha-Andrea Merchan-MerchanMaestría en Educación, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Conciencia, Calle 22 sur No. 12D-81, Bogotá 1101, Colombia. mmerchan30@uan.edu.co.
Marian LehockyCentre of Polymer Systems, University Institute, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Trida Tomase Bati 5678, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic. lehocky@utb.cz.ORCID 0000-0002-5368-5029
Tomas Bata University in Zlín · CZUniversidad Antonio Nariño · COUniversidad Manuela Beltrán · CO

Funding

The Czech Science Foundation 17-10813S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bio-artificial polymeric systems are a new class of polymeric constituents based on blends of synthetic and natural polymers, designed with the purpose of producing new materials that exhibit enhanced properties with respect to the individual components. In this frame, a combination of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and chitosan, blended with a widely used antibiotic, sodium ampicillin, has been developed showing a moderate behavior in terms of antibacterial properties. Thus, aqueous solutions of PVA at 1 wt.% were mixed with acid solutions of chitosan at 1 wt.%, followed by adding ampicillin ranging from 0.3 to 1.0 wt.% related to the total amount of the polymers. The prepared bio-artificial polymeric system was characterized by FTIR, SEM, DSC, contact angle measurements, antibacterial activity against

Indexed as

AmpicillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsChitosanPolyvinyl AlcoholEscherichia coliStaphylococcus aureusAmpicillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsChitosanPolyvinyl Alcoholampicillinbio-artificial polymeric systemchitosanhealth-care associated infectionspolyvinyl alcohol

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PMID30486491
PMCPMC6321558
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