Microbial cellulose - The natural power to heal wounds

Biomaterials

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Czaja, Wojciech ^a,b   Krystynowicz, Alina ^a   Bielecki, Stanislaw ^a   Brown Jr , R Malcolm ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetobacter; Microbial cellulose; Wound dressing; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; HEALTH CARE; MEMBRANES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SKIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ACETOBACTER; MIROBIAL CELLULOSE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; POLYMER;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFUSION; FERMENTATION; FILM; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; EPIDERMIS; FERMENTATION; HEALTH; MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; WOUNDS;

ACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS;

EID: 24644517577     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.07.035     Document Type: Article

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