Morphology and antimicrobial properties of Luffa cylindrica fibers/chitosan biomaterial as micro-reservoirs for silver delivery

Materials Letters

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-241

  Bal, K E ^a,b   Bal, Y ^b   Cote, G ^c,d,e   Chagnes, A ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDEA   (Algeria)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biomaterials; Chitosan; Electron microscopy; Luffa fibers; Porous materials

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID TREATMENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; INHIBITORY EFFECT; LUFFA CYLINDRICA; SEM-EDX; SILVER PARTICLES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; CHITOSAN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM;

SILVER;

EID: 84861589089     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.04.036     Document Type: Article

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