Potential applications of silk sericin, a natural protein from textile industry by-products

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-224

  Aramwit, Pornanong ^a   Siritientong, Tippawan ^a   Srichana, Teerapol ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; immunological responses; protein cross linking; silk sericin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMATERIAL APPLICATION; CELL LINES; FIBROUS PROTEINS; IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSES; NATURAL PROTEINS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROTEIN CROSSLINKING; SILK SERICIN; TEXTILE MANUFACTURING;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; SILK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE PROCESSING;

PROTEINS;

BIOMATERIAL; COSMETIC; DIMETHYLOLUREA; GENIPIN; POLYETHER; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIGLYCIDYL ETHER; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN FOAM; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SERICIN; SILK FIBROIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

BIOACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PROTEIN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ALPHA HELIX; BETA SHEET; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS LINKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; FILM; GEL; GELATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION DERMATITIS; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; SKIN TUMOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMOR PROMOTION; WASTE WATER; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BOMBYX; FIBROINS; INSECT PROTEINS; SERICINS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84858376260     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11404733     Document Type: Review

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