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ReviewBiomacromolecules2026

The Next Frontier in Biodegradable Plastics: Enzyme-Embedding Biodegradable Polymers.

QiuYuan Huang, Satoshi Kimura, Tadahisa Iwata

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Review in Biomacromolecules, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

QiuYuan HuangScience of Polymeric Materials, Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8721-1350
Satoshi KimuraScience of Polymeric Materials, Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6383-1923
Tadahisa IwataScience of Polymeric Materials, Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2731-3958

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastic pollution and microplastics remain critical global challenges. This review highlights enzyme embedding as a transformative strategy for addressing plastic waste and advancing sustainable material science. Recent developments demonstrate that embedding enzymes into biodegradable polyesters, such as polylactic acid (PLA), poly(butylene adipate-

Indexed as

Biodegradable PlasticsCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesEnzymes, ImmobilizedLipasePolymersBiodegradation, EnvironmentalButylene GlycolsPolyestersBiodegradable PlasticsbionoleButylene GlycolsCarboxylic Ester HydrolasescutinaseEnzymes, ImmobilizedLipasePolyestersPolymers

Identifiers

PMID42029893
PMCPMC13169356

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