Enhancement of biomimetic enzymatic mineralization of gellan gum polysaccharide hydrogels by plant-derived gallotannins
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 312378345
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3390/ijms21072315
- Title of journal
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Article number
- 2315
- First page
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- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 7
- ISSN
- 1422-0067
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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15
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This article, resulting from a 13 group, 6 country collaboration, demonstrated for the first time the potential of gallotannins to promote the mineralization of hydrogel biomaterials caused by the enzyme alkaline phosphatase (ALP), the enzyme responsible for mineralization of human bone tissue. It has formed the basis of a funding application for a UK-Russia Researcher Links Workshop from the British Council (“Antiviral biomaterials for containment and detection of viruses, vaccination and treatment”) and led to a second publication with Saratov State University on “pH-Sensitive Dairy-derived Hydrogels with a Prolonged Drug Release Profile for Cancer Treatment” (Mayorova et al, Materials, 2021).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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