Does non-thermal plasma modify biopolymers in solution? A chemical and mechanistic study for alginate.

ABSTRACT: In the last decades, non-thermal plasma has been extensively investigated as a relevant tool for various biomedical applications, ranging from tissue decontamination to regeneration and from skin treatment to tumor therapies. This high versatility is due to the different kinds and amount of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that can be generated during a plasma treatment and put in contact with the biological target. Some recent studies report that solutions of biopolymers with the ability to generate hydrogels, when treated with plasma, can enhance the generation of reactive species and influence their stability, resulting thus in the ideal media for indirect treatments of biological targets. The direct effects of the plasma treatment on the structure of biopolymers in water solution,

SUBMITTER: Tampieri F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10336758 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature