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Fibrous wound dressings encapsulating essential oils as natural antimicrobial agents
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posted on 2015-06-10, 16:12 authored by Ioannis Liakos, L. Rizzello, Hadi Hajiali, Virgilio Brunetti, Riccardo Carzino, P.P. Pompa, Athanassia Athanassiou, Elisa MeleElisa MelePreventing infections is one of the main focuses of wound care. The colonisation of wounds by microorganisms can in fact have negative consequences on the healing process, delaying it. Here, we propose the use of essential oils as natural antimicrobial agents for cellulose-based fibrous dressings. We demonstrate the production of composite electrospun fibres that effectively encapsulate three different types of essential oils (cinnamon, lemongrass and peppermint). The fibrous scaffolds are able to inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli, even when small amounts of essential oils were used. At the same time, they are not cytotoxic, as proved by biocompatibility assays on skin cell models. The created dressings are promising as advanced biomedical devices for topical treatments.
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School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Materials
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY BVolume
3Issue
8Pages
1583 - 1589 (7)Citation
LIAKOS, I. ... et al, 2015. Fibrous wound dressings encapsulating essential oils as natural antimicrobial agents. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3 (8), pp. 1583 - 1589.Publisher
© Royal Society of ChemistryVersion
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2050-750XPublisher version
Language
- en