Bacterial cellulose and bacterial cellulose/polycaprolactone composite as tissue substitutes in rabbit corneas

Composite Hydrogels of Bacterial Cellulose - carboxymethyl Cellulose for Drug Release

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a suitable material for biomedical applications due to its remarkable proprieties, such us: biodegradability, biocompatibility and ready availability. In this paper the swelling and drug release profiles from bacterial cellulosecarboxymethyl cellulose (BC-CMC) composite hydrogels were investigated, in the aim to use such systems in controlled drug delivery field. Ibu...

Bacterial Cellulose Membranes Used as Artificial Substitutes for Dural Defection in Rabbits

To improve the efficacy and safety of dural repair in neurosurgical procedures, a new dural material derived from bacterial cellulose (BC) was evaluated in a rabbit model with dural defects. We prepared artificial dura mater using bacterial cellulose which was incubated and fermented from Acetobacter xylinum. The dural defects of the rabbit model were repaired with BC membranes. All surgeries w...

Bacterial Contamination and Selected Traits of Rabbit Muscle Tissue Spoilage

The investigated material comprised rabbit carcasses obtained from a domestics slaughter (H) and two commercial slaughterhouses (L and M). The spoilage process and its dynamics were determined on the basis of bacteriological studies (total aerobic bacteria count, psychrophilic bacteria count, and presence of proteolitic bacteria), pH measurements, ammonia level as well as basic organoleptic cha...

The osteogenesis of bacterial cellulose scaffold loaded with fisetin

Objective(s): Bacterial cellulose (BC) has applications in medical science, it is easily synthesized, economic and purer compared to plant cellulose. The present study aimed to evaluate BC, a biocompatible natural polymer, as a scaffold for the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) loaded with fisetin, a phytoestrogen.Materials and Methods: BC hydrogel scaffold was prepared from Gluconacet...

Bacterial Cellulose-Based Biomimetic Composites