Alginate-based biomaterials for regenerative medicine applications

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1285-1309

  Sun, Jinchen ^a   Tan, Huaping ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alginate; Biomaterials; Drug delivery; Regenerative medicine; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GELATION PROPERTIES; NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SCAFFOLDING MATERIALS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CROSSLINKING; DRUG DELIVERY; GELATION; HYDROGELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; REPAIR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ALGINATE;

EID: 84880093461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6041285     Document Type: Review

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