Introduction of environmentally degradable parameters to evaluate the biodegradability of biodegradable polymers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Guo, Wenbin ^a   Tao, Jian ^a   Yang, Chao ^a   Song, Cunjiang ^a   Geng, Weitao ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Kong, Meimei ^a   Wang, Shufang ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER; BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; COPOLYMER; CURDLAN; MACROGOL; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYHEXANOATE); POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE); POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE CO ADIPATE); POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); POLY(ESTER AMIDE); POLY(PROPYLENE CARBONATE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PULLULAN; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTALLY DEGRADABLE PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL INOCULATION; ALGORITHM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SOIL;

ALGORITHMS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; SOIL; STARCH;

EID: 84861695661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038341     Document Type: Article

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