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Giuliano, Laura; Barbier, Michèle; Briand, Frédéric

doi:10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00206.x

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“…Thus, the sustainable exploitation of ocean diversity for industrial and medical purposes is of enormous interest and promises a huge impact not only in research, but particularly in the progress of society, which is reflected on the emergence of marine biotechnology, also known as blue biotechnology, as a fast-growing sector. 266,267 For the stated above, though the focus of this review is to highlight marine biopolymers and ceramics with interest for biomedical application, it would be unforgivable not to comment on the applications of those marine materials in other sectors, particularly by illustration of applications already in use. Thus, this section will briefly portray the most common applications of the materials reviewed above, with indication of bibliographic references where the readers can find deeper discussions.…”

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“…In fact, the real value of marine-derived materials and compounds can only be roughly imagined as much of sea life, particularly in deep waters, is still to be discovered. Thus, the sustainable exploitation of ocean diversity for industrial and medical purposes is of enormous interest and promises a huge impact not only in research, but particularly in the progress of society, which is reflected on the emergence of marine biotechnology, also known as blue biotechnology, as a fast-growing sector 266,267…”

Section: Common Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Materials of marine origin: a review on polymers and ceramics of biomedical interest

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Ferreira

et al. 2012

International Materials Reviews

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Marine organisms are constituted by materials with a vast range of properties and characteristics that may justify their potential application within the biomedical field. Moreover, assuring the sustainable exploitation of natural marine resources, the valorisation of residues from marine origin, like those obtained from food processing, constitutes a highly interesting platform for development of novel biomaterials, with both economic and environmental benefits. In this perspective, an increasing number of different types of compounds are being isolated from aquatic organisms and transformed into profitable products for health applications, including controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering devices. This report reviews the work that is being developed on the isolation and characterisation of some polysaccharides, proteins, glycosaminoglycans and ceramics from marine raw materials. Emphasis is given to agar, alginates, carrageenans, chitin and chitosan, among other polysaccharides, collagen, glycosaminoglycans such as chondroitin sulphate, heparin and hyaluronic acid, calcium phosphorous compounds and biosilica. Finally, this report ends by reviewing the application of the previously mentioned materials on specific biomedical applications, in particular their participation on the development of controlled drug delivery systems and tissue engineering scaffolds.

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Section: Common Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Common Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%