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ArticleHeliyon2023

Mechanical, biocompatibility and antibacterial studies of gelatin/polyvinyl alcohol/silkfibre polymeric scaffold for bone tissue engineering.

Sabareeswari Kalidas, Shanmugam Sumathi

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Can we achieve biomimetic electrospun scaffolds with gelatin alone?Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sabareeswari KalidasDepartment of Chemistry, SAS, VIT, Vellore, 632014, Tamilnadu, India.
Shanmugam SumathiDepartment of Chemistry, SAS, VIT, Vellore, 632014, Tamilnadu, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study focuses on the incorporation of natural polymers (gelatin, silk fibre) and synthetic (polyvinyl alcohol) polymer towards the fabrication of a novel composite for bone tissue engineering. The Electrospinning method was used to fabricate the novel gelatin/polyvinyl alcohol/silk fibre scaffold. XRD, FTIR and SEM-EDAX analysis was performed to characterize the composite. The characterized composite was investigated for its physical properties (porosity and mechanical studies) and biological studies (antimicrobial activity, hemocompatibility, bioactivity). The fabricated composite showed high porosity and the highest tensile strength of 34 MPa, with elongation at a break of 35.82 for the composite. The antimicrobial activity of the composite was studied and the zone of inhibition was measured around 51 ± 0.54 for

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Bone tissue engineeringGelatinPolyvinyl alcoholScaffoldSilk fibre

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PMID37332937
PMCPMC10272316

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