Abstract
Biopolymers and their composites have been extensively investigated in recent years for multiple applications, especially in environmental, medical, and pharmaceutical fields. Bacterial cellulose (BC) has emerged as a novel biomaterial owing to its nontoxic, high-liquid absorbing and holding capacity, drug-carrying ability, and pollutant absorbing features. Additionally, its web-shaped three-dimensional (3D) structure and hydrogen bonding sites have incited a combination of various nanoparticles, polymers, and other materials with BC in the form of composites. Such BC-based composites have been developed through in-situ, ex-situ, and solution casting methods for targeted applications, such as air and water filters, controlled drug delivery systems, wound dressing materials, and tissue regeneration. This review details the production and development of BCbased composites with different materials and by various methods. It further describes various applications of BC-based composites in the environmental and pharmaceutical sectors, with specific examples from the recent literature. This review could potentially appeal a wide readership in these two emerging fields, where novel and advanced materials for different applications have been developed on a regular basis using BC as the base material.
Keywords: Bacterial cellulose, production, composites, environmental applications, pharmaceutical applications, tissue regeneration.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Potential Applications of Bacterial Cellulose in Environmental and Pharmaceutical Sectors
Volume: 26 Issue: 45
Author(s): Mazhar Ul-Islam, Salman Ul-Islam, Sumayia Yasir, Atiya Fatima, Md. Wasi Ahmed, Young Sup Lee, Sehrish Manan and Muhammad Wajid Ullah*
Affiliation:
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074,China
Keywords: Bacterial cellulose, production, composites, environmental applications, pharmaceutical applications, tissue regeneration.
Abstract: Biopolymers and their composites have been extensively investigated in recent years for multiple applications, especially in environmental, medical, and pharmaceutical fields. Bacterial cellulose (BC) has emerged as a novel biomaterial owing to its nontoxic, high-liquid absorbing and holding capacity, drug-carrying ability, and pollutant absorbing features. Additionally, its web-shaped three-dimensional (3D) structure and hydrogen bonding sites have incited a combination of various nanoparticles, polymers, and other materials with BC in the form of composites. Such BC-based composites have been developed through in-situ, ex-situ, and solution casting methods for targeted applications, such as air and water filters, controlled drug delivery systems, wound dressing materials, and tissue regeneration. This review details the production and development of BCbased composites with different materials and by various methods. It further describes various applications of BC-based composites in the environmental and pharmaceutical sectors, with specific examples from the recent literature. This review could potentially appeal a wide readership in these two emerging fields, where novel and advanced materials for different applications have been developed on a regular basis using BC as the base material.
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Ul-Islam Mazhar , Ul-Islam Salman , Yasir Sumayia, Fatima Atiya , Ahmed Wasi Md. , Lee Sup Young, Manan Sehrish and Ullah Wajid Muhammad *, Potential Applications of Bacterial Cellulose in Environmental and Pharmaceutical Sectors, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2020; 26 (45) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612826666201008165241
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