Accession Number
TY457-0010
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Authors
Karadag E. Saraydin D. Cetinkaya S. Guven O.
Title
IN VITRO SWELLING STUDIES AND PRELIMINARY BIOCOMPATIBILITY EVALUATION OF ACRYLAMIDE-BASED HYDROGELS
Source
Biomaterials. 17(1):67-70, 1996 Jan.
ISSN
0142-9612
Author Keywords
Hydrogels. Acrylamide-based hydrogels. Swelling. Human serum. Biocompatibility.
Abstract
In this in vitro study, the biocompatibility of acrylamide-based hydrogels such as acrylamide/crotonic and acrylamide/itaconic acid, prepared by using gamma-rays, has been investigated against some biochemical parameters of human serum. The swelling kinetics of acrylamide/crotonic and acrylamide/itaconic acid hydrogels are investigated in distilled water and physiological saline solution-and some swelling and diffusion parameters have been calculated. For the analysis of biocompatibility, acrylamide/crotonic and acrylamide/itaconic acid hydrogels are incubated in 10 different human sera for 24 h and their biocompatibilities with some biochemical parameters have been investigated. No significant difference in values before and after the test procedures have been found. It is therefore concluded that acrylamide/crotonic and acrylamide/itaconic acid hydrogels are biocompatible. [References: 14]
Language
English
Publication Type
Article
Subset
Current Contents/Life Sciences.
CC Categories
Experimental biology & medicine.
Institution
Reprint available from: 
Karadag E 
CUMHURIYET UNIV DEPT CHEM SIVAS 58140 TURKEY 
CUMHURIYET UNIV FAC MED SIVAS 58140 TURKEY
HACETTEPE UNIV DEPT CHEM ANKARA 06532 TURKEY