Report for: Exploration of alginate hydrogel/nano zinc oxide composite bandages for infected wounds

Title	Exploration of alginate hydrogel/nano zinc oxide composite bandages for infected wounds
Published in	International Journal of Nanomedicine, October 2015
DOI	10.2147/ijn.s79981
Pubmed ID	26491307
Authors	Rangasamy Jayakumar, PT Sudheesh Kumar, Annapoorna Mohandas, Vinoth-Kumar Lakshmanan, Raja Biswas
Abstract	Alginate hydrogel/zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO) composite bandage was developed by freeze-dry method from the mixture of nZnO and alginate hydrogel. The developed composite bandage was porous with porosity at a range of 60%-70%. The swelling ratios of the bandages decreased with increasing concentrations of nZnO. The composite bandages with nZnO incorporation showed controlled degradation profile and faster blood clotting ability when compared to the KALTOSTAT(®) and control bandages without nZnO. The prepared composite bandages exhibited excellent antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, and methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Cytocompatibility evaluation of the prepared composite bandages done on human dermal fibroblast cells by Alamar assay and infiltration studies proved that the bandages have a non-toxic nature at lower concentrations of nZnO whereas slight reduction in viability was seen with increasing nZnO concentrations. The qualitative analysis of ex-vivo re-epithelialization on porcine skin revealed keratinocyte infiltration toward wound area for nZnO alginate bandages.

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India	1	<1%
Unknown	167	99%

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Student > Master	36	21%
Student > Ph. D. Student	33	20%
Student > Bachelor	18	11%
Researcher	18	11%
Student > Doctoral Student	10	6%
Other	25	15%
Unknown	29	17%

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Materials Science	24	14%
Chemistry	20	12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	15	9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	14	8%
Medicine and Dentistry	10	6%
Other	37	22%
Unknown	49	29%

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