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Title New vegetable-waste biomaterials by Lupin albus L. as cellular scaffolds for applications in biomedicine and food
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Authors Buonvino, S; Ciocci, M; Nanni, F; Cacciotti, I; Melino, S
Title New vegetable-waste biomaterials by Lupin albus L. as cellular scaffolds for applications in biomedicine and food
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121984
Abstract The reprocessing of vegetal-waste represents a new research field in order to design novel biomaterials for po-tential biomedical applications and in food industry. Here we obtained a biomaterial from Lupinus albus L. hull (LH) that was characterized micro-structurally by scanning electron microscopy and for its antimicrobial and scaffolding properties. A good adhesion and proliferation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) seeded on LH scaffold were observed. Thanks to its high content of cellulose and beneficial phytochemical substances, LH and its derivatives can represent an available source for fabrication of biocompatible and bioactive scaffolds. Therefore, a reprocessing protocol of LH was optimized for producing a new LH bioplastic named BPLH. This new biomaterial was characterized by chemico-physical analyses. The water uptake, degradability and antimi-crobial properties of BPLH were evaluated, as well as the mechanical properties. A good adhesion and prolif-eration of both fibroblasts and hMSCs on BPLH were observed over 2 weeks, and immunofluorescence analysis of hMSCs after 3 weeks indicates an initial commitment toward muscle differentiation. Our work represents a new approach toward the recovery and valorization of the vegetal waste showing the remarkable properties of LH and BPLH as cellular waste-based scaffold with potential applications in cell-based food field as well as in medicine for topical patches in wound healing and bedsores treatment.
Author Keywords Bioplastics; Mesenchymal stem cells; Circular economy; Bioeconomy; Vegetable-patch; Cell-based food
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000913666300001
WoS Category Engineering, Biomedical; Materials Science, Biomaterials
Research Area Engineering; Materials Science
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121984
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