Publications by authors named "Natalia Andrea Gomez-Vanegas"
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- Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are promising biodegradable plastics but are held back by high production costs.
- This study explored using Halomonas boliviensis to produce polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) in high-salinity environments.
- Results showed H. boliviensis effectively synthesized PHB from various substrates, with the highest yield from glucose, indicating OPEFB could serve as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative for PHB production.
Chitosan (CHI) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) are naturally sourced materials with excellent physical, chemical, and biological properties, which make them a promising tool for the development of different medical devices. In this research, CHI-CMC wound dressings were manufactured, by using different colloidal suspensions of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized from the ligninolytic fungus Anamorphous sp. R1, called CS and SN.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrently, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) constitute an interesting field of study in medicine, catalysis, optics, among others. For this reason, it has been necessary to develop new methodologies that allow a more efficient production of AgNPs with better antimicrobial and biological properties. In this research growth time effects Anamorphous Bjerkandera sp.
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