Fabrication and evaluation of polylactic acid/ pectin composite scaffold via freeze extraction for tissue engineering

• Main Authors: Hamzah, M. S. A., Razak, S. I. A., Kadir, M. R. A., Bohari, S. P. M., Nayan, N. H. M., Thangaraj Anand, J. S.
• Format: Article
• Published: De Gruyter 2020
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87929/; http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2019-0377

This work reports the fabrication and characterizations of porous scaffold made up of polylactic acid (PLA) with the inclusion of pectin (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 wt%) for potential tissue engineering material. The composite scaffold was prepared using a facile method of freeze extraction. Based on the phy...