Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Biodegradable polymers with a range of applications

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-247

  Philip, S ^a   Keshavarz, T ^a   Roy, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications; Biodegradable; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Polymers

Indexed keywords

PACKAGING WASTE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYHYDROXYESTERS;

BIOPOLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYESTERS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

3 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; 6 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; ALKANOIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; BONE CEMENT; CARBON; COPOLYMER; DRUG CARRIER; ELASTOMER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; ETOFYLLINE; LATEX; LOMUSTINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; PLASTIC; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; SULPERAZON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOPOLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYESTERS;

AEROMONAS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOOD PACKAGING; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33947594416     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1667     Document Type: Review

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