A short review on cockle shells as biomaterials in the context of bone scaffold fabrication

• Main Authors: Penny George,, Zariyantey Abdul Hamid,, Md Zuki Abu Bakar@Zakaria,, Enoch Kumar Perimal,, Hemabarathy Bharatham,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13748/1/23%20Penny%20George.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13748/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil7_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil7_2019.html

Cockle shells contribute to a large amount of waste product in South East Asia due to the extensive culturing of the mollusc for consumption. These nacreous materials in the recent years have been gaining wider popularity due to its potential use as biomaterials. As shown in various studies, cockle...