Antimicrobial wound dressing films containing essential oils and oleoresins of pepper encapsulated in sodium alginate films

ABSTRACT: Medicated wound dressings are important barriers to avoid contamination and, when they contain antimicrobial additives, can be used as treatment for infected wounds. There are several types of polysaccharide materials that serve as matrices for medicated wound dressings, among them, sodium...

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Main Authors: Jessica Miranda Rosa, Letícia Bicudo Bonato, Carolina Bragine Mancuso, Laira Martinelli, Mônica Hitomi Okura, Geoffroy Roger Pointer Malpass, Ana Claudia Granato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018-03-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000300453&lng=en&tlng=en