Loofa (Luffa cylindrica) sponge: Review of development of the biomatrix as a tool for biotechnological applications

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 573-600

  Saeed, Asma ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a  

^a Biotechnology and Food Research Centre Lahore   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Artificial liver device; Biomolecules; Bioremediation; Cell immobilization; Luffa cylindrica

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER DEVICES; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS; CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LUFFA CYLINDRICA; RETICULATED STRUCTURE;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CELLS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CYTOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LUFFA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; HUMANS; LUFFA; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; LUFFA; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; RATTUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84879254284     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1702     Document Type: Article

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