Griffiths, S. and Maclean, M. and MacGregor, S.J. and Anderson, J.G. and Grant, M.H. (2009) Combined treatment of biomatrices with nisin and pulsed electric fields as a potential decontamination method? European Cells and Materials, 18 (Suppl.). p. 18. ISSN 1473-2262
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Abstract
Pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment has been shown to achieve bacterial inactivation in collagen gels whilst retaining the ability of the collagen to function as a biomaterial [1, 2]. Nisin, an antimicrobial peptide, has been used widely as a food preservative and has shown bactericidal action against a number of Gram-positive bacteria [3]. The potential of nisin to increase the efficacy of PEF disinfection of collagen gels to be used for tissue engineering applications was investigated.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 18715 |
| Keywords: | biomatrices, nisin, pulsed electric fields, decontamination, biomaterials, cells, Bioengineering, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Subjects: | Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Bioengineering Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Bioengineering Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Ms Ashley Urie |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2010 14:42 |
| Last modified: | 06 Oct 2012 08:42 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/18715 |
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