bachelorThesis
Development of a Film Based on Oxidized Ipomea Batatas L. Starch with Protein Encapsulation for Potential Skin Tissue Engineering Applications
Registro en:
Tesis (Ingeniera Química), Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Colegio de Ciencias e Ingenierías; Quito, Ecuador, 2018
Autor
Viteri Narváez, Daniela Alejandra
Institución
Resumen
Starches have been widely used as biopolymers in tissue engineering due to their unique properties such as biocompatibility and biodegradability; nonetheless, sweet potato starch has not been researched in this field. Therefore, films based on oxidized sweet potato starch mixed with PVA and glycerin as plasticizers have been developed to encapsulate a protein extract from Wharton’s Jelly... Los almidones han sido utilizados ampliamente como biopolímeros en la ingeniería de tejidos debido a sus propiedades únicas, su biocompatibilidad y biodegradabilidad, sin embargo, el almidón de camote no ha sido investigado en este campo. Por estas razones se plantea realizar películas poliméricas a base de almidón de camote oxidado con PVA y glicerina para encapsular un extracto proteico de la gelatina de Wharton...