A multipurpose natural and renewable polymer in medical applications: Bacterial cellulose

HG de Oliveira Barud, RR Da Silva… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) produced by some bacteria, among them Gluconacetobacter
xylinum, which secrets an abundant 3D networks fibrils, represents an interesting emerging …

Overview of bacterial cellulose composites: a multipurpose advanced material

N Shah, M Ul-Islam, WA Khattak, JK Park - Carbohydrate polymers, 2013 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) has received substantial interest owing to its unique structural
features and impressive physico-mechanical properties. BC has a variety of applications in …

Biosynthesis, production and applications of bacterial cellulose

SP Lin, I Loira Calvar, JM Catchmark, JR Liu, A Demirci… - Cellulose, 2013 - Springer
Bacterial cellulose (BC) as a never-dried biopolymer synthesized in abundance by
Gluconacetobacter xylinus is in a pure form which requires no intensive processing to …

Present status and applications of bacterial cellulose-based materials for skin tissue repair

L Fu, J Zhang, G Yang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2013 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC, also known as microbial cellulose, MC) is a promising natural
polymer which is biosynthesized by certain bacteria. This review focused on BC-based …

Enhancement of the fermentation process and properties of bacterial cellulose: a review

C Campano, A Balea, A Blanco, C Negro - Cellulose, 2016 - Springer
Cellulose produced by bacteria (BC) has attracted increasing interest in view of its superior
properties with respect to nanofibrillar structure, high purity and biocompatibility. Despite the …

Water holding and release properties of bacterial cellulose obtained by in situ and ex situ modification

M Ul-Islam, T Khan, JK Park - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2012 - Elsevier
The biomedical applications of bacterial cellulose (BC) as a dressing material are mainly
dependent on its water holding capacity (WHC) and water release rate (WRR), which in turn …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of bacterial cellulose-curcumin nanocomposite as a novel dressing for partial thickness skin burn

W Sajjad, F He, MW Ullah, M Ikram… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The current study aimed to fabricate curcumin-loaded bacterial cellulose (BC-Cur)
nanocomposite as a potential wound dressing for partial thickness burns by utilizing the …

Development of modified montmorillonite-bacterial cellulose nanocomposites as a novel substitute for burn skin and tissue regeneration

W Sajjad, T Khan, M Ul-Islam, R Khan, Z Hussain… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a promising biopolymer with wound healing and tissue
regenerative properties but lack of antimicrobial property limits its biomedical applications …

Fabrication of bacterial cellulose/polyaniline/single-walled carbon nanotubes membrane for potential application as biosensor

A Jasim, MW Ullah, Z Shi, X Lin, G Yang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Electrically conductive polymeric membranes of BC with polyaniline (PAni) were fabricated
through ex situ oxidative polymerization. PAni was densely arrayed along BC fibers and …

Nanoreinforced bacterial cellulose–montmorillonite composites for biomedical applications

M Ul-Islam, T Khan, JK Park - Carbohydrate polymers, 2012 - Elsevier
Polymer composites containing solid clay nanoparticles have attracted immense attention
due to the reinforced physico-mechanical properties of the final product. Bacterial cellulose …