TitleSilk : properties, production and uses / [edited by] Pornanong Aramwit
Imprint New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2012
Descript 325 p. : ill, ; 27 cm.

CONTENT

1. Silk use by benthic macroinvertebrates -- 2. Muga silk : properties, production and uses -- 3. Conservation and diversification of spider silk : an evolutionary perspective -- 4. Evolution of mulbery and non-mulberry silk fibers for textile applications -- 5. Flavonoids and carotenoid in silkworm cocoons -- 6. A novel concept on bioengineering-silkworm silk fibre -- 7. Evaluating the degradation of silk fabrics and silk-based biomaterials -- 8. Ecophysiological influences on spider silk properties and the potential for producing adaptable, degradation resistant biomaterials -- 9. Toward eco-friendly composite materials based on silk fibroin -- 10. Cellular immunological responses to silk materials -- 11. Silk fibroin in medicine -- 12. Silk materials for drug delivery devices -- 13. Application of silk sericin for the controlled release and target-specific delivery of biological substances -- 14. Silk proteins for wound healing materials -- 15. Use of silk in tendon/ligament tissue engineering


SUBJECT

  1. Silk

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Pharmaceutical Sciences LibraryTS1546 S55 2012 CHECK SHELVES