A Review of the Biomaterial Applications of Zein

Peng Liu, Ying Li, Wei Zhou

2022

Abstract

Plant protein has increasingly inspired the interest of researchers due to its safety, wide sources, and high performance and low cost. Zein, an important member of plant protein was used by the US FDA as a safe excipient for drug film packaging in 1985. In the past 20 years, reports on the application of zein in the fields of drug sustained-release material and tissue engineer scaffold materials have been constantly emerging, making the application of zein in the field of biomedicine a research focus. This review summarizes some of the application forms of zein in biomedicine, including drug loading, sustained-release material, and tissue scaffolding in the form of microspheres, fibers, and films. It is expected that this review will provide ideas for the use of zein in biomaterials industry.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Liu P., Li Y. and Zhou W. (2022). A Review of the Biomaterial Applications of Zein. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine - Volume 1: ICBB; ISBN 978-989-758-637-8, SciTePress, pages 77-81. DOI: 10.5220/0012013400003633

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icbb22,
author={Peng Liu and Ying Li and Wei Zhou},
title={A Review of the Biomaterial Applications of Zein},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine - Volume 1: ICBB},
year={2022},
pages={77-81},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012013400003633},
isbn={978-989-758-637-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biotechnology and Biomedicine - Volume 1: ICBB
TI - A Review of the Biomaterial Applications of Zein
SN - 978-989-758-637-8
AU - Liu P.
AU - Li Y.
AU - Zhou W.
PY - 2022
SP - 77
EP - 81
DO - 10.5220/0012013400003633
PB - SciTePress