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- Interest in using proteins as renewable resources is growing, particularly in smart medicines and biomedical engineering.
- Zein, a biodegradable and biocompatible protein from corn, shows promise for various applications, including drug delivery, bioactive membranes, and tissue regeneration scaffolds.
- This review highlights recent research on zein as a biopolymer and its versatility in biomedical applications, emphasizing its manipulation in different shapes and sizes.
Article Abstract
In recent years, the interest regarding the use of proteins as renewable resources has deeply intensified. The strongest impact of these biomaterials is clear in the field of smart medicines and biomedical engineering. Zein, a vegetal protein extracted from corn, is a suitable biomaterial for all the above-mentioned purposes due to its biodegradability and biocompatibility. The controlled drug delivery of small molecules, fabrication of bioactive membranes, and 3D assembly of scaffold for tissue regeneration are just some of the topics now being extensively investigated and reported in the literature. Herein, we review the recent literature on zein as a biopolymer and its applications in the biomedical world, focusing on the different shapes and sizes through which it can be manipulated.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9044754 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra07424e | DOI Listing |
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