Physical, thermal, and antibacterial effects of active essential oils with potential for biomedical applications loaded onto cellulose acetate/polycaprolactone wet-spun microfibers

New approaches to deal with the growing concern associated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria are emerging daily. Essential oils (EOs) are natural antimicrobial substances with great potential to mitigate this situation. However, their volatile nature, in their liquid-free form, has restricted their...

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Main Author: Felgueiras, Helena Prado (author)
Other Authors: Homem, Natália Cândido (author), Teixeira, Marta A. (author), Ribeiro, Ana R. M. (author), Antunes, Joana C. (author), Amorim, M. T. Pessoa de (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/66676
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/66676