Sustainable applications of polyhydroxyalkanoates in various fields: A critical review

A Pandey, N Adama, K Adjallé, JF Blais - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
PHA is one of the most promising candidates in bio-polymer family which is biodegradable
and environment-friendly in nature. In recent years, it has been applied as a biodegradable …

The application of polyhydroxyalkanoates as tissue engineering materials

GQ Chen, Q Wu - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
Polyhydoxyalkanoates (PHA) are polyesters produced by microorganisms under
unbalanced growth conditions. They are generally biodegradable and thermoprocessable …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: the natural biopolyester for future medical innovations

ZW Ren, ZY Wang, YW Ding, JW Dao, HR Li… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a family of natural microbial biopolyesters with the same
basic chemical structure and diverse side chain groups. Based on their excellent …

Biomedical applications of environmental friendly poly-hydroxyalkanoates

S Ansari, N Sami, D Yasin, N Ahmad… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological polyesters of hydroxyacids are known as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). They
have proved to be an alternative, environmentally friendly and attractive candidate for the …

Medical application of microbial biopolyesters polyhydroxyalkanoates

Q Wu, Y Wang, GQ Chen - Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are a family of polyesters synthesized by microorganisms
under unbalanced growth conditions. PHA including poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) …

Laminated electrospun nHA/PHB-composite scaffolds mimicking bone extracellular matrix for bone tissue engineering

Z Chen, Y Song, J Zhang, W Liu, J Cui, H Li… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is an effective means to generate nano-to micro-scale polymer fibers
resembling native extracellular matrix for tissue engineering. However, a major problem of …

Medical applications of biopolyesters polyhydroxyalkanoates

G Chen, Y Wang - Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2013 - Springer
Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a family of biopolyesters produced by many
wild type and engineered bacteria. PHAs have diverse structures accompanied by flexible …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: the natural polymers produced by bacterial fermentation

B Panchal, A Bagdadi, I Roy - Advances in natural polymers: composites …, 2013 - Springer
Polymers are mainly divided into two groups, natural polymers, such as proteins, cellulose,
silk and synthetic polymers, such as polystyrene, polyethylene, and nylon. In some cases …

Beyond the skeleton: Cnidarian biomaterials as bioactive extracellular microenvironments for tissue engineering

R Vago - Organogenesis, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Biomaterials play a pivotal role as scaffolding materials in the study of three-dimensional
(3D) cell and tissue development and in a variety of bioengineering strategies for the …

Interconnected network of ganglion-like neural cell spheres formed on hydrozoan skeleton

D Baranes, J Cove, P Blinder, B Shany, H Peretz… - Tissue …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Identifying scaffolds supporting in vitro reconstruction of active neuronal tissues in their 3-
dimensional (3D) conformation is a major challenge in tissue engineering. We have …