Aloe vera incorporated biomimetic nanofibrous scaffold: A regenerative approach for skin tissue engineering

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-248

  Suganya, S ^a   Venugopal, J ^b   Agnes Mary, S ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^b   Lakshmi, B S ^a   Giri Dev, V R ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Electrospinning; Nanomaterials; Polycaprolactone; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894477442     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 17355265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13726-013-0219-2     Document Type: Article

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