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Functional marine biomaterials : properties and applications /
Functional Marine Biomaterials: Properties and Applications provides readers with the latest information on the diverse marine environment as a resource for many new substances, including biopolymers, bioceramics, and biominerals. As recent advances and funding has enabled scientists to begin harnes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Woodhead Publishing,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials ;
no. 100. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part One: Introduction to marine biomaterials; Chapter 1: Discovery and development of marine biomaterials; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Marine environment; 1.3. Growing biomaterials with living cells; 1.4. Tissue engineering; 1.5. Learning crystallography from sea urchin.
- 1.6. Nacre; 1.7. Echinoderm skeletal elements; 1.8. Drug delivery and marine structures; 1.9. Marine structures and stem cell regulation; 1.10. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: Properties and applications of biosilica enzymatically synthesized by aquatic/marine sponges; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Silicatein-based siliceous spicule formation; 2.3. Spiculogenesis.
- 2.4. Biosilica: The enzymatically formed scaffold of siliceous sponge spicules; 2.5. Self-healing property of silicatein embedded in spicules; 2.6. Biosilica: The osteogenic bioinorganic polymer; 2.7. Future design of novel bio-inspired, silica-based materials; Acknowledgments; References.
- Part Two: Applications of marine products in tissue engineering ; Chapter 3: Bone tissue engineering using functional marine biomaterials; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Bone structure; 3.3. Marine-derived biomaterials for bone tissue engineering.
- 3.4. Recommendations and conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: Cardiovascular tissue engineering using functional marine biomaterials; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Characteristics of cardiovascular implantable grafts; 4.3. Current options, their advantages, and disadvantages; 4.4. Tuna cornea; 4.5. Tuna cornea application to cardiac valves; 4.6. Potential future trends; References; Chapter 5: Skin tissue engineering using functional marine biomaterials; 5.1. Introduction.
- 5.2. An overview of the major advances in skin tissue engineering strategies; 5.3. A new generation of skin substitutes with marine products; 5.4. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Liver tissue engineering using functional marine biomaterials; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Mechanism of specific interaction between galactose moiety of the galactose-carrying biomaterials and ASGPR on the hepatocytes; 6.3. Importance of 3D culture system; 6.4. Marine biomaterials as an artificial ECM; 6.5. Summary; References.
- Part Three: Applications of marine products in drug delivery systems and nano-pharmaceuticals; Chapter 7: Functionalization of marine materials for drug delivery systems; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2 Chitosan; 7.3 Alginate; 7.4. Drug delivery systems; 7.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Drug delivery systems and cartilage tissue engineering scaffolding using marine-derived products; 8.1. The emergence of marine biomaterials in the biomedical arena; 8.2. Applications for controlled release of bioactive compounds; 8.3. Cartilage tissue engineering; 8.4. Final remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9: Anti-inflammatory drug delivery systems using marine products; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Marine compounds with anti-inflammatory activity; 9.3. Chemistry and pharmacological activity; 9.4. Conclusion and future scope; References.