Species-specific biodegradation of sporopollenin-based microcapsules

• Main Authors: Fan, Teng-Fei, Potroz, Michael G., Tan, Ee-Lin, Miyako, Eijiro, Cho, Nam-Joon, Mohammed Shahrudin Ibrahim
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Materials Chemistry; Biomaterials; Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84435; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49797
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sporoderms, the outer layers of plant spores and pollen grains, are some of the most robust biomaterials in nature. In order to evaluate the potential of sporoderms in biomedical applications, we studied the biodegradation in simulated gastrointestinal fluid of sporoderm microcapsules (SDMCs) derive...