| Título: | CELLULOSE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE |
| Autores: | Hoenich, Nicholas A. |
| Fecha: | 2007-08-25 |
| Publicador: | Bioresources |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Tema: | regenerated cellulose, biocompatibility, hemodialysis,wound care, microencapaulation |
| Descripción: | Cellulose is a naturally occurring material found in wood, cotton or hemp and consists of glucose moieties in -(1,4) linkage, forming the basic repeating unit. Chemic-ally it is similar to chitin and chitosan, a deacelytated form of chitin. It was first isolated from wood in 1885 by Charles F. Cross and Edward Bevan at the Jodrell Laboratory of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , London. Blood purification processes such as hemodialysis make extensive use of membranes manufactured from cellulose. In this paper the contribution of cellulose to this field together with its use in other medical areas is discussed. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |