Vitamin E as an antioxidant for poly(etherurethane urea): In vivo studies

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-504

  Schubert, Mark A ^a   Wiggins, Michael J ^a   DeFife, Kristin M ^b   Hiltner, Anne ^a   Anderson, James M ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); POLYETHERS; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; POLYETHERURETHANE UREA; VITAMIN E;

VITAMINS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ELASTOMER; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRAKIS[3 (3,5 DI TERT BUTYL 4 HYDROXYPHENYL)PROPIONATE]; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CROSS LINKING; DRUG STABILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030561156     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199612)32:4<493::AID-JBM1>3.3.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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