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ArticleScientific reports2019

Species-Specific Biodegradation of Sporopollenin-Based Microcapsules.

Teng-Fei Fan, Michael G Potroz, Ee-Lin Tan, Mohammed Shahrudin Ibrahim, Eijiro Miyako, Nam-Joon Cho

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors.

Teng-Fei FanSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore.
Michael G PotrozSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore.
Ee-Lin TanSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore.
Mohammed Shahrudin IbrahimSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-8581
Eijiro MiyakoDepartment of Materials and Chemistry, Nanomaterials Research Institute (NMRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-6174
Nam-Joon ChoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore. njcho@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8692-8955

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sporoderms, the outer layers of plant spores and pollen grains, are some of the most robust biomaterials in nature. In order to evaluate the potential of sporoderms in biomedical applications, we studied the biodegradation in simulated gastrointestinal fluid of sporoderm microcapsules (SDMCs) derived from four different plant species: lycopodium (Lycopodium clavatum L.), camellia (Camellia sinensis L.), cattail (Typha angustifolia L.), and dandelion (Taraxacum officinale L.). Dynamic image particle analysis (DIPA) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) were used to investigate the morphological characteristics of the capsules, and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to evaluate their chemical properties. We found that SDMCs undergo bulk degradation in a species-dependent manner, with camellia SDMCs undergoing the most extensive degradation, and dandelion and lycopodium SDMCs being the most robust.

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Biodegradation, EnvironmentalBiocompatible MaterialsBiopolymersCapsulesCarotenoidsPollenSpectrum AnalysisSporesBiocompatible MaterialsBiopolymersCapsulesCarotenoidssporopollenin

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PMID31270392
PMCPMC6610089

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