A natural compound (reuterin) produced by Lactobacillus reuteri for biological-tissue fixation

Biomaterials

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1335-1347

  Sung, Hsing Wen ^a   Chen, Chiun Nan ^a,b   Liang, Hsiang Fa ^a   Hong, Min Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological tissue; Crosslinking agent; Natural compound; Reuterin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERS; PH; REDUCTION; TISSUE;

TISSUE FIXATION;

BIOMATERIALS;

GLUTARALDEHYDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OLIGOMER; REUTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DENATURATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE FIXATION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FIXATIVES; GLUTARAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MATERIALS TESTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PERICARDIUM; PROPANE; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE FIXATION; WATER;

LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

EID: 0037376176     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(02)00509-4     Document Type: Article

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