Chitosan Membranes Containing Plant Extracts: Preparation, Characterization and Antimicrobial Properties.

ABSTRACT: The main strategy of this study was to combine the traditional perspective of using medicinal extracts with polymeric scaffolds manufactured by an engineering approach to fabricate a potential dressing product with antimicrobial properties. Thus, chitosan-based membranes containing S. officinalis and H. perforatum extracts were developed and their suitability as novel dressing materials was investigated. The morphology of the chitosan-based films was assessed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the chemical structure characterization was performed via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The addition of the plant extracts increased the sorption capacity of the studied fluids, mainly at the membrane with S. officinalis extract. The membranes with 4% chi

SUBMITTER: Gradinaru LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10217953 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature