Antimicrobial biopolymer formation from sodium alginate and algae extract using aminoglycosides.

Antimicrobial biopolymers provide a biodegradable, sustainable, safe, and cheap approach to drug delivery and wound dressing to control bacterial infection and improve wound healing respectively. Here, we report a one-step method of making antimicrobial alginate polymer from sodium alginate and aque...

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Main Authors: Lokender Kumar, John Brice, Linda Toberer, Judith Klein-Seetharaman, Daniel Knauss, Susanta K Sarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214411