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Hierarchical chitosan-lignocellulosic duplex system: An in vitro evaluation of controlled release, anti-pathogenic and hemostatic effects

2025· article· en· W4416293004 on OpenAlexafffund
Mariam Mir, Ildikó Badea, Lee D. Wilson

Bibliographic record

VenueInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicWound Healing and Treatments
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Saskatchewan
FundersGovernment of SaskatchewanMinistry of Agriculture - SaskatchewanNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaUniversity of SaskatchewanAlberta Diabetes FoundationAgricultural Development Fund
KeywordsBiocompositeBiocompatibilityDrug deliveryCell adhesionViability assayIn vitroThrombogenicityAdhesion

Abstract

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Critical design challenges that affect novel drug delivery systems concern chemical processing and tissue compatibility of source materials, which highlight the need for sustainable, biocompatible materials and versatile manufacturing methods. This investigation leverages the unique surface chemistry of biomass-derived lignocellulose substrates to form biocomposite frameworks with effective antipathogenic and hemostatic properties via noncovalent synthesis. Complementary electrostatic interactions support a highly porous biocomposite framework, according to spectral (IR, Raman and NMR) and microscopy results. Biocomposite complexes with antipathogenic agents (gentamicin and rifamycin salts) are revealed by kinetic release profiles, as noted by an initial burst and sustained release profile under physiological conditions. In vitro biocompatibility was demonstrated by MTT cell viability assays (ca. 90 % after 48 h). Anti-pathogenic effects are revealed by agar diffusion assays with E. coli (up to 16 mm inhibition zones). In vitro blood sorption, cell adhesion and blood clotting index (BCI) results of biocomposites reveal impressive blood absorption capacity (ca. 10-fold; w/w) with good cell adhesion and efficient hemostatic properties with BCI below 2 %. This study challenges the current limits of specialized biomedical applications of lignocellulose fiber-chitosan biocomposites via in-vitro results at bioactive interfaces for anti-infective targeted drug delivery and trauma management.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.003

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.023
GPT teacher head0.336
Teacher spread0.313 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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