Electrospun PHBHV/Olive Leaf Extract Fiber Meshes

Summary

Polyhydroxyalkanoates are biopolyesters produced by microorganisms, biocompatible and biodegradable enough to serve as tissue engineering scaffolds. This study combines one of them, PHBHV, with olive leaf extract - a by-product of the agri-food chain, rich in polyphenols with marked antioxidant activity. Incorporating the extract into electrospun PHBHV fibres yields meshes whose bioactivity comes from what is normally treated as biowaste, an approach that addresses scaffold performance and raw-material sustainability in the same step.

Authors & Affiliations

• Jose Gustavo De la Ossa

  Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, Italy
• Serena Danti Corresponding

  Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
• Jasmine Esposito Salsano

  Doctoral School in Life Sciences, University of Siena, Italy
• Bahareh Azimi

  Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
• Veronika Tempesti

  Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
• Niccoletta Barbani

  Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
• Maria Digiacomo

  Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Italy
• Marco Macchia

  Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Italy

Linari Electrospinning Systems

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