Recent advances and applications of bacterial cellulose in biomedicine

S Swingler, A Gupta, H Gibson, M Kowalczuk… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an extracellular polymer produced by Komagateibacter xylinus,
which has been shown to possess a multitude of properties, which makes it innately useful …

Bacterial cellulose: a versatile biopolymer for wound dressing applications

R Portela, CR Leal, PL Almeida… - Microbial …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although several therapeutic approaches are available for wound and burn treatment and
much progress has been made in this area, room for improvement still exists, driven by the …

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using curcumin-cyclodextrins loaded into bacterial cellulose-based hydrogels for wound dressing applications

A Gupta, SM Briffa, S Swingler, H Gibson… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chronic wounds are often recalcitrant to treatment because of high microbial bioburden and
the problem of microbial resistance. Silver is a broad-spectrum natural antimicrobial agent …

Comprehensive review on nanocellulose: Recent developments, challenges and future prospects

P Thomas, T Duolikun, NP Rumjit, S Moosavi… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cellulose constitutes most of a plant's cell wall, and it is the most abundant renewable
polymer source on our planet. Given the hierarchical structure of cellulose, nanocellulose …

Latest advances on bacterial cellulose-based antibacterial materials as wound dressings

L Zheng, S Li, J Luo, X Wang - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
At present, there are various wound dressings that can protect the wound from further injury
or isolate the external environment in wound treatment. Whereas, infection and slow self …

Anti-inflammation biomaterial platforms for chronic wound healing

Z Xu, B Liang, J Tian, J Wu - Biomaterials science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, there has been an increase in the number of people with chronic wounds, which
has resulted in serious health problems worldwide. The rate-limiting stage of chronic wound …

Bacterial cellulose-based blends and composites: versatile biomaterials for tissue engineering applications

MP Raut, E Asare, SMD Syed Mohamed… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellulose of bacterial origin, known as bacterial cellulose (BC), is one of the most versatile
biomaterials that has a huge potential in tissue engineering due to its favourable mechanical …

Recent advances in bacterial cellulose-based antibacterial composites for infected wound therapy

S Meng, H Wu, D Xiao, S Lan, A Dong - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Wound infection arising from pathogenic bacteria brought serious trouble to the patient and
medical system. Among various wound dressings that are effective in killing pathogenic …

Functional bacterial cellulose nanofibrils with silver nanoparticles and its antibacterial application

A Zeng, R Yang, Y Tong, W Zhao - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) with good biocompatibility and superior mechanical properties has
broad applications. BC functionalized with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has been assessed …

[HTML][HTML] De novo strategy with engineering a multifunctional bacterial cellulose-based dressing for rapid healing of infected wounds

C Zhou, Z Yang, X Xun, L Ma, Z Chen, X Hu, X Wu… - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The treatment and healing of infected skin lesions is one of the major challenges in surgery.
To solve this problem, collagen I (Col-I) and the antibacterial agent hydroxypropyltrimethyl …