Fungal mycelia as the source of chitin and polysaccharides and their applications as skin substitutes

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1169-1174

  Su, Ching Hua ^a   Sun, Chi Shu ^a   Juan, Shan Wei ^a   Hu, Chung Hong ^a   Ke, Wen Ting ^a   Sheu, Ming Thau ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1,3 glucan; Fungal mycelia; Ganoderma tsugae; Poly(N acetylglucosamine); Skin substitute; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHITIN; COPOLYMERS; FUNGI; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN;

FUNGAL MYCELIA; SKIN SUBSTITUTES;

BIOMATERIALS;

BETA GLUCAN; CHITIN; COPOLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FILTRATION; FUNGUS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; WOUND HEALING;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GLUCANS; GLUCOSE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES; POROSITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; GANODERMA TSUGAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0031238990     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(97)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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