Preparation and characterisation of wound dressing materilas from gellan gum incororated virgin coconut oil and norfloxacin
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2015-07
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Terengganu: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Abstract
The aim of this research is to study the effects of addition of virgin coconut (VCO)
oil and norfloxacin (NOR) to gellan gum (GG) films. Virgin coconut oil has been
reported as a promising candidate in promoting healing process and norfloxacin has
been known to contain strong antibacterial properties. In this study, the preparation
and characterizations of gellan gum film incorporated with virgin coconut oil and
norfloxacin has been described. The GG-VCO films with enhanced mechanical
properties were developed by harnessing the ability of carboxyl and hydroxyl groups
of gellan gum and virgin coconut oil, respectively via hydrogen bonding forces.
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TP 684 .C7 N9 2015, Nur Arifah Ismail @ Mohd Ismail, Tesis PPSA 2015, Coconut oil