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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2019

Physical and Antibacterial Properties of Peppermint Essential Oil Loaded Poly (

Irem Unalan, Benedikt Slavik, Andrea Buettner, Wolfgang H Goldmann, Gerhard Frank, Aldo R Boccaccini

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irem UnalanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Benedikt SlavikChair of Aroma and Smell Research, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Andrea BuettnerChair of Aroma and Smell Research, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Wolfgang H GoldmannDepartment of Physics, Institute of Biophysics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Gerhard FrankDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Aldo R BoccacciniDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to fabricate and characterize various concentrations of peppermint essential oil (PEP) loaded on poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) electrospun fiber mats for healing applications, where PEP was intended to impart antibacterial activity to the fibers. SEM images illustrated that the morphology of all electrospun fiber mats was smooth, uniform, and bead-free. The average fiber diameter was reduced by the addition of PEP from 1.6 ± 0.1 to 1.0 ± 0.2 μm. Functional groups of the fibers were determined by Raman spectroscopy. Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis demonstrated the actual PEP content in the samples.

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antibacterial activityelectrospinningpeppermint essential oilpoly (ε-caprolactone)wound healing

Identifiers

PMID32039166
PMCPMC6988806
OpenAlexW2982959036

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