Biomimetic fabricated tubular graft in situ immobilized with peptides to restore the vascular structure and regulate the inflammation homeostasis through gastrodin coating by Shiwei Niu, Fan Li, Zhi Lin, Bo Chen, Lechun Lyu, Yongliang Jiang, Wanting Li, Jianlin Jiao, Yi Han, Di Lu, Lin Sun

“…In such way, we hope to prepare a biodegradable small-diameter artificial vascular for the clinical application.…”
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Effect of Fiber Waviness on Tensile Strength of a Flax-Sliver-Reinforced Composite Material by Taweesak Piyatuchsananon, Akira Furuya, Baosheng Ren, Koichi Goda

“…Recently, a composite material made from natural fibers and biodegradable resin, “green composite,” is attracting attention as an alternative composite material for the replacement of glass fiber-reinforced plastics. …”
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Iron Oxide Impregnated Morus alba L. Fruit Peel for Biosorption of Co(II): Biosorption Properties and Mechanism by Janardhan Reddy Koduru, Yoon-Young Chang, Jae-Kyu Yang, Im-Soon Kim

“…These studies demonstrated that both biosorbents were promising, efficient, economic, and biodegradable sorbents.…”
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Evaluation of the Wound Healing Potential of Aloe Vera Leaf Extract Containing Carbopol 934 as a Gelling Agent and Comparing with Sodium CMC and HPMC on Surgically Induced in Wound... by Barani Raj, Nishikant Ingole, Ranjit Ambad

“…The toughness and adaptability of the delivery system are enhanced by the synthetic hydrophilic, biocompatible, and biodegradable stable polymer known as carbopol 934. Aloe vera is a plant belonging to the Liliaceae family that releases anthraquinones, a bitter liquid that has medicinal qualities. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of a Natural Fiber (Maize) Composite Beam by D. Saravana Bavan, G. C. Mohan Kumar

“…These fibers are green, biodegradable, and recyclable and have good properties such as low density and low cost when compared to synthetic fibers. …”
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Liposomal Antioxidants for Protection against Oxidant-Induced Damage by Zacharias E. Suntres

“…Liposomes are biocompatible, biodegradable, and nontoxic artificial phospholipid vesicles that offer the possibility of carrying hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and amphiphilic molecules. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFICIENCY IN SOME COUNTIES FROM ROMANIA AND POLAND by OANA TIRTOACA (IRIMIA), PRZYDATEK GRZEGORZ

“…Two counties mainly difference composition of municipal waste with predominance of biodegradable waste (60 %) in Bacau County and glass waste (35 %) in Nowy Sącz County with raw material properties. …”
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Catalysts for Transesterification of Vegetable Oils: A Review by C. U. Nwuche, R. U. Duru, O. Achugasim, O. J. Abayeh

“… The transesterification of vegetable oils is a critical process in the production of biodiesel, a renewable and biodegradable alternative to fossil fuels. This process involves the substitution of alcohols for ester groups in triglycerides, facilitated by catalysts that significantly influence reaction efficiency and biodiesel quality. …”
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Native Cyclodextrin-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Synthesis, Characterization, and Potential Applications in Food Industry by Siddanth Saxena, Manuel J. Lis

“…The cyclodextrin MOF does possess edible, biocompatible, as well as biodegradable characteristics and due to these reasons, they have gained attention from researchers in the food industry. …”
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Using pineapple leaf fiber as a sustainable future textile by Inty N., Deny A., Mein K., Indah C.A., Alvi L., Villalon Adiza

“…The textiles of the future are environmentally friendly textiles that are non-biodegradable. These textiles can be produced from natural plant fibers. …”
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(Bio)degradable Ionomeric Polyurethanes Based on Xanthan: Synthesis, Properties, and Structure by T. V. Travinskaya, A. N. Brykova, Yu. V. Savelyev, N. V. Babkina, V. I. Shtompel

“…It has been shown that the introduction of Xa not only imparts the biodegradability property to polyurethane, but also improves the mechanical properties.…”
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Polycaprolactone Scaffolds Fabricated via Bioextrusion for Tissue Engineering Applications by Marco Domingos, Dinuccio Dinucci, Stefania Cometa, Michele Alderighi, Paulo Jorge Bártolo, Federica Chiellini

“…The most promising approach in Tissue Engineering involves the seeding of porous, biocompatible/biodegradable scaffolds, with donor cells to promote tissue regeneration. …”
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Reversibly thermosecreting and convertible lubricative oil-in-water mixtures using multiple hydrogen bonding interactions by Qianhui Zhou, Mingfei Li, Weiyan Yu, Yunjing Wang, Yujie Yang, Jingcheng Hao, Lu Xu

“…Here we show that very stable oil-in-water mixtures can be created even at very high oil volume fractions by building multiple, high-strength hydrogen bonding interactions between water and a biocompatible and biodegradable oil trimethylolpropane trioleate, which make the oil molecules at the contact interface behave as pseudo-surfactants with ultrahigh interfacial activity. …”
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Macroporous scaffolds based on biomass polymers and their applications in wound healing by Daqian Gao, William D. Shipman, Yaping Sun, Joshua Zev Glahn, Leleda Beraki, Henry C. Hsia

“…Sustainable biomass materials derived from renewable sources in nature have emerged as promising alternatives to petroleum-based polymers for medical applications and tissue engineering due to their abundance, biodegradability, and environmental friendliness. In tissue engineering, interconnected macropores within biomaterials are crucial as they provide space and interfaces for cells, enhancing permeability for nutrient and waste transport. …”
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Antioxidant Activity of Combination Simplicia and Extract of Avocado Peel (Persea americana Mill.) and Lime Peel (Citrus aurantifolia) by Elsa Dwi Rahayuningrum, Nur Masyithah Zamruddin, Fajar Prasetya

“… The avocado peel (Persea americana Mill.) and lime peel (Citrus aurantifolia) are biodegradable waste materials that contain antioxidant activities. …”
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Intravitreal Devices for the Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation by John B. Christoforidis, Susie Chang, Angela Jiang, Jillian Wang, Colleen M. Cebulla

“…The use of nonbiodegradable devices such as polyvinyl alcohol-ethylene vinyl acetate polymers and polysulfone capillary fibers, and biodegradable devices such as polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, and polylactic-co-glycolic acid, polycaprolactones, and polyanhydrides are reviewed. …”
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Optimization of Human Corneal Endothelial Cells for Culture: The Removal of Corneal Stromal Fibroblast Contamination Using Magnetic Cell Separation by Gary S. L. Peh, Man-Xin Lee, Fei-Yi Wu, Kah-Peng Toh, Deepashree Balehosur, Jodhbir S. Mehta

“…The culture of human corneal endothelial cells (CECs) is critical for the development of suitable graft alternative on biodegradable material, specifically for endothelial keratoplasty, which can potentially alleviate the global shortage of transplant-grade donor corneas available. …”
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Development of a mussel-inspired conductive graphene coated cotton yarn for wearable sensors by Guanliang He, Chuang Zhu, Yuze Shi, Yingjia Yu, Yi Wu, Constantinos Soutis, Le Cao, Xuqing Liu

“…Herein, we produce a flexible polydopamine (PDA)-modified cotton yarn via a simple dip-coating process using a self-made sodium deoxycholate (SDC)-modified graphene dispersion, avoiding non-biodegradable, corrosion-prone metallic coatings. The resulting sensor exhibits low electrical resistance (as low as 21.1Ω ± 0.2/cm), high bending sensitivity (resistance change rate of 3.557 ± 0.002 for bending ranges from 40% to 100%), and outstanding durability over 2,000 flexural bending cycles. …”
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Branched PLGA derivatives with tailored drug delivery properties by Snejdrova Eva, Podzimek Stepan, Martiska Juraj, Holas Ondrej, Dittrich Milan

“…We introduce a new class of branched poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) derivatives as promising biodegradable carriers for prolonged or targeted drug release systems, employed as thin adhesive films, solid dispersions, in situ forming implants or nanoparticles. …”
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Reduction reactions dominate the interactions between Mg alloys and cells: Understanding the mechanisms by Jua Kim, Jeremy L. Gilbert, William W. Lv, Ping Du, Haobo Pan

“…Magnesium (Mg) alloys are popular biodegradable metals studied for orthopedic and cardiovascular applications, mainly because Mg ions are essential trace elements known to promote angiogenesis and osteogenesis. …”
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