Natural Polymers Collagen & Poly Β-Hydroxy Butyrate: Prepared By: Nishant Kumar Jain PE/2010/01
Natural Polymers Collagen & Poly Β-Hydroxy Butyrate: Prepared By: Nishant Kumar Jain PE/2010/01
Natural Polymers Collagen & Poly Β-Hydroxy Butyrate: Prepared By: Nishant Kumar Jain PE/2010/01
PREPARED BY:
NISHANT KUMAR JAIN
PE/2010/01
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
CLASSIFICATION
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
APPLICATIONS
CASE STUDIES
WHY NATURAL POLYMERS ?
BIOCOMPATABLE
LESS TOXIC
BIODEGRADABLE
LESS STIMULATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES
RECOGNITION BY CELLS
CLASSIFICATION:
CLASS EXAMPLES
PROTEINS COLLAGEN,SILK(FIBROIN),GELATIN,ELASTIN,A
CTIN,FIBRIN,ALBUMIN
POLYSACCHARIDES CELLULOSE,CHITOSAN,STARCH,GLYCOSAMIN
OGLYCAN,ALGINATE,HYALURONIC
ACID,CHONDROITIN
SULPHATE,AGAROSE,CYCLODEXTRIN,DEXTRA
N,CHITIN.
POLYNUCLEOTIDES DNA,RNA.
ELONGATION(%) 10
Tg 120°C
Tm 230°C
FLEXIBLE,BIO-COMPATABLE,BIO-DEGRADABLE,POROUS
TRUCTURE(SO USED AS SCAFFOLD FOR TISUE ENGINEERIN
SOLUBLE IN ACIDIC AQUEOUS SOLUTION.
MADE INTO TUBES,SHEETS,SPONGES,NANOFIBRES,POWDE
TC
PHYSICAL MODIFICATION:
HELIX-COIL TRANSISTION
HELICAL MARKER BANDS
ASSAY OF GELATIN
BANDING PATTERN
LOST REVERSIBLY AT pH <4.25
XRD,TEM
COLLAGEN SPONGES
POROSITY
PORT FOR ENTRY OF CELLS
MORE SURFACE AREA FOR
INTERACTION
EX: MYOFIBROBLASTS-(COLLAGEN-GAG)COPOLYMER
CLOTTING FACTORS-COLLAGEN SPONGES
METHOD: FREEZING FOLLOWED BY SUBLIMATION
VARIOUS POROUS STRUCTURES
AVERAGE PORE SIZE DECREASES WITH DECREASE IN THE
TEMPERATURE OF THE FREEZING
PORE SIZE: COLLAGEN-GAG COPOLYMER
20-125µm FOR SKIN REGENARATION
<10µm FOR SCIATIC NERVE REGENERATION
CHEMICAL MODIFICATION:
COLLAGEN COLLAGENASE N- & C-TERMINAL
FRAGMENTS HELIX-COIL PHYSIOLOGICAL
TRANSISTION TEMPERATURE
GELATIN
REQUIRED FOR DEGRADATION
FOR IMMUNOGENICITY ENZYMES
OLIGOPEPTIDES
METHODS TO DECREASE DEGRADATION:
BY CROSSLINKING
DEHYDRATIVE CROSSLINKING:
FORMATION OF THE INTERCHAIN PEPTIDE
BONDS.
CONFIRMED BY TITRATION
COMPOSITION REMAINS SAME
CROSSLINKING AGENTS: USED IN IMPLANTS
DIALDEHYDES: GLUTARALDEHYDE
OTHERS INCLUDE FORMALDEHYDE,
CARBODIMIDE, HEXAMETHYLENE DI-
ISOCYANATE.
METHODS TO DECREASE
IMMUNOGENECITY
BY CROSSLINKING
ELONGATION(%) 5
Tg 4°C
Tm 179°C
BIOCOMPATABLE
BIODEGRADABLE
PRODUCED FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCE
NON TOXIC
DISADVANTAGES:
VERY LOW DEGRADATION RATE(6MONTHS)
PYROGENS
HIGH STIFFNESS
BRITTLENESS
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
TYPES:
HOMOPOLYMER: CRYSTALLINE & BRITTLE
BIOPOL GO4
REMOVAL OF PYROGENS:
OXIDIZING AGENTS. EX: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OR
BENZOYL PEROXIDE
<20 ENDOTOXIN UNITS/GRAM OF PHB
OTHER MODIFICATIONS:
PHB+PLASTICIZERS(CAPROL)-IMPROVE DUCTILITY
PHB-CO-PHV COPOLYMER TREATED WITH ALLYL
ALCOHOL GAS PLASMA-INCREASED WETTABILITY
PHB+SALT BLEND-INCREASED POROSITY (TRIPLE
LEAFLET HEART VALVE)
60% POLYCAPROLACTAM+PHB-IMPROVED
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES & DECREASED O 2
PERMEABILITY
APPLICATIONS:
IN PACKAGING FILMS
SIMILAR APPLICATIONS AS CONVENTIONAL
COMMODITY PLASTICS INCLUDE THE DISPOSABLE
ITEMS, SUCH AS RAZORS, UTENSILS, DIAPERS,
COSMETIC CONTAINERS—SHAMPOO BOTTLES AND
CUPS.
AS STEREO REGULAR COMPOUNDS
USED AS BIODEGRADABLE CARRIERS FOR LONG-
TERM DELIVERY OF DRUGS
THEY ARE ALSO USED AS OSTEOSYNTHETIC
MATERIALS IN THE STIMULATION OF BONE GROWTH
OWING TO THEIR PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES, IN
BONE PLATES, SURGICAL SUTURES AND BLOOD
VESSEL REPLACEMENTS
APLLICATIONS IN MEDICINE:
TETRACYCLIN,METRONIDAZOLE
LHRH IMPLANT
CRITERIA’S FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCAFFOLD: