Carbohydrate Polymers 122 (2015) 135–143
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High concentration honey chitosan electrospun nanofibers: Biocompatibility and antibacterial effects Wessam A. Sarhan, Hassan M.E. Azzazy ∗ Novel Diagnostics & Therapeutics Research Group, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences & Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
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Article history: Received 2 October 2014 Received in revised form 12 December 2014 Accepted 16 December 2014 Available online 2 January 2015 Keywords: Chitosan Honey Wound dressing Antibacterial Nanofibers Chemical compounds studied in this article: Chitosan (PubChem CID: 71853) PVA (PubChem CID: 11199) Acetic acid (PubChem CID: 176) Glutaraldehyde (CID: 3485)
a b s t r a c t Honey nanofibers represent an attractive formulation with unique medicinal and wound healing advantages. Nanofibers with honey concentrations of
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Carbohydrate Polymers journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/carbpol
High concentration honey chitosan electrospun nanofibers: Biocompatibility and antibacterial effects Wessam A. Sarhan, Hassan M.E. Azzazy ∗ Novel Diagnostics & Therapeutics Research Group, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences & Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
a r t i c l e
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Article history: Received 2 October 2014 Received in revised form 12 December 2014 Accepted 16 December 2014 Available online 2 January 2015 Keywords: Chitosan Honey Wound dressing Antibacterial Nanofibers Chemical compounds studied in this article: Chitosan (PubChem CID: 71853) PVA (PubChem CID: 11199) Acetic acid (PubChem CID: 176) Glutaraldehyde (CID: 3485)
a b s t r a c t Honey nanofibers represent an attractive formulation with unique medicinal and wound healing advantages. Nanofibers with honey concentrations of
