Strategy for Developing Medical Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Biomaterials through the Improvement of Sericulture as a Producer of Renewable Active Biological Raw Materials

Abstract:

The need for biomaterials is increasing as more and more health problems become more and more complex. Progress in the field of medical biomaterials is also accelerating, but the provision of renewable biomaterials continues to be of concern to the world as awareness of sustainable development in the field of chemistry and health. Various strategies in the development of medical biomaterials were studied through a narrative review of the literature. One of them is the strategy of developing inorganic-organic hybrid medical biomaterials through the cultivation of silkworms as producers of renewable biomaterial raw materials. Sericulture can produce active biomaterials such as sericin, fibroin and other renewable materials and those biomaterials can be combined with inorganic nanoparticles to produce medical functional biomaterials on an ongoing basis. The addition of antibacterial bioactive materials such as natural dyestuffs and inorganic nanoparticles of anti-bacterial agents can increase the productivity and quality of antimicrobial biomaterials produced by the cultivation of silkworms.

• Periodical: Engineering Headway (Volume 14)
• Pages: 95-106
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-yOx7jx
• Online since: January 2025
• Authors: I Wayan Karyasa*, Enike Dwi Kusumawati
• Keywords: Biomaterial, Inorganic-Organic Hybrid, Sericulture

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