PLGA-Collagen Composite Synthesis with the Antibacterial Addition of Jatropha curcas L. Leaf Extract as Absorbable Surgical Suture Candidate

• Main Authors: Karina Dwi Saraswati, Prihartini Widiyanti, Dwi Gustiono, Jan Setiawan
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2017
• Subjects: QC1-999 Physics
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/101117/1/C27%20Fulltext_JBBBE.32.90%20Suture%20Jatropha%2025%20Mei%202017.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/101117/2/C27%20Reviewer%20dan%20validasi.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/101117/3/C27%20Similarity.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/101117/; https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019735875&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fJBBBE.32.90&origin=inward&txGid=9ac88936f8eac539c98d6750a419eb4d; https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JBBBE.32.90
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

The prevalence rate of surgical wound infections caused by bacteria is an average of 9% of the 1.4 million patients worldwide. For this reason, a modification of an absorbable surgical suture coated with extract of Jatropha curcas L. leaves to kill and inhibit the growth of microorganisms needs to b...