Biopolímeros: aplicações farmacêutica e biomédica

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Eliane Trovatti
Aline Martins dos Santos
André Capaldo Amaral
Andréia Bagliotti Meneguin
Bruna Driussi Mistro Matos
Guilherme Pacheco
Renata Aquino de Carvalho
Silmara Cristina Lazarini
Valéria Maria de Oliveira Cardoso
Wilton Rogério Lustri
Hernane da Silva Barud

Abstract

The study and development of polymers for pharmaceutical and biomedical use has been increasing due to their peculiar properties that contribute for the improvement of the life quality, such as the polymers used in regenerative medicine and in drug release systems. The development of new polymer based materials and its composites depends on several steps, such as the synthesis approach, the extraction, the composition, the influence of their properties on the specific applications, and others. This review describes the use of conventional and new polymers with potential application in pharmaceutical and biomedical fields, highliting the properties that allow them to be useful for such pourposes.

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Trovatti, E., dos Santos, A. M., Amaral, A. C., Meneguin, A. B., Matos, B. D. M., Pacheco, G., de Carvalho, R. A., Lazarini, S. C., Cardoso, V. M. de O., Lustri, W. R., & Barud, H. da S. (2016). Biopolímeros: aplicações farmacêutica e biomédica. Eclética Química, 41(1), 01–31. https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618eqj.v41.1.2016.p01-31
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