Antimicrobial properties of alginate-chitosan (alchite) fibers developed for wound care applications

Journal of Industrial Textiles

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-360

  Miraftab, Mohsen ^a   Barnabas, John ^b   Kennedy, John F ^c   Masood, Rashid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering   (India)

^c Chembiotech Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

alchite; alginate; antimicrobial; bacterial pathogen; chitosan; spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

ALCHITE; ALGINATE FIBERS; ANTIMICROBIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; DEGREE OF DEACETYLATION; LIQUID ABSORPTION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MICROFLORA; SODIUM ALGINATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WOUND DRESSINGS; WOUND HEALING; ZONE OF INHIBITIONS;

ACETYLATION; ALGINATE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMATERIALS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; FIBERS; HYDROGELS; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MULTILAYERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 79955376877     PISSN: 15280837     EISSN: 15308057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1528083710376985     Document Type: Article

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