Preparation of nanofibers containing the microalga Spirulina (Arthrospira)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2872-2876

  de Morais, Michele Greque ^a   Stillings, Christopher ^b   Dersch, Roland ^b   Rudisile, Markus ^b   Pranke, Patrícia ^c   Costa, Jorge Alberto Vieira ^a   Wendorff, Joachim ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Microalgae; Nanofibers; Polymer; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSPIRA; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BLEND SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION OF; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; POROUS SCAFFOLD; SPINAL CHORD INJURIES; SPINNING CONDITIONS; SPINNING SOLUTION; SPIRULINA; STEM CELL CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; MICROORGANISMS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

NANOFIBERS;

MACROGOL; NANOFIBER;

BIOMASS; CELL ORGANELLE; MICROALGA; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPIRULINA; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRAZIL; NANOFIBERS; SPIRULINA; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTHROSPIRA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 73749085253     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.059     Document Type: Article

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