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Characteristics of Marine Biomaterials and Their Applications in Biomedicine

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MARINE DRUGS
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md20060372

Keywords

marine biomaterials; extraction methods; marine polysaccharides; collagen; biomedical applications; tissue engineering

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  1. Sichuan Science and Technology Program [2020YFH0008]
  2. National Key R&D Program of China [2020YFF0426289]

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Oceans have great potential in developing high-value bioactive substances and biomaterials. Marine biomaterials are characterized by excellent biological activity and unique chemical structure, making them suitable for applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Oceans have vast potential to develop high-value bioactive substances and biomaterials. In the past decades, many biomaterials have come from marine organisms, but due to the wide variety of organisms living in the oceans, the great diversity of marine-derived materials remains explored. The marine biomaterials that have been found and studied have excellent biological activity, unique chemical structure, good biocompatibility, low toxicity, and suitable degradation, and can be used as attractive tissue material engineering and regenerative medicine applications. In this review, we give an overview of the extraction and processing methods and chemical and biological characteristics of common marine polysaccharides and proteins. This review also briefly explains their important applications in anticancer, antiviral, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and other fields.

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