Production and characterization of alginate microcapsules produced by a vibrational encapsulation device

Journal of Biomaterials Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-145

  Mazzitelli, S ^a   Tosi, A ^a   Balestra, C ^a   Nastruzzi, C ^a   Luca, G ^a   Mancuso, F ^a   Calafiore, R ^a   Calvitti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alginate; Automatic encapsulator; Biocompatibility; Design of experiment; Neonatal porcine islets

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CALCIUM; COLLOIDS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; GELATION; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; NOZZLES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ALGINATE; AUTOMATIC ENCAPSULATOR; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT; NEONATAL PORCINE ISLETS;

ENCAPSULATION;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; NEWBORN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; RABBIT; SWINE; VIBRATION;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAPSULES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RABBITS; SWINE; VIBRATION;

EID: 51049123848     PISSN: 08853282     EISSN: 15308022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885328207084958     Document Type: Article

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