Biotechnology and Bioactive Polymers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Polysaccharide Applications

   1. Factors Affecting the Bacterial Activity of Saccharides and Polysaccharides Modified Through Reaction with Organostannanes

      • Charles E. Carraher Jr., Cynthia Butler, Yoshinobu Naoshima, Dorothy Sterling, Vincent Saurino

      Pages 1-8

   2. Acetan — A New Bacterial Polysaccharide

      • Victor J. Morris

      Pages 9-16

   3. Coagulation Properties of Chemically Modified Heparins

      • A. W. Stemberger, F. Bader, S. Haas, J. M. Walenga, G. Blümel

      Pages 17-23

   4. Hylan Gel for Soft Tissue Augmentation

      • Nancy E. Larsen, Cynthia T. Pollak, Karen Reiner, Edward Leshchiner, Endre A. Balazs

      Pages 25-33

   5. Adsorption of Metal Ions on Chitosan and Chemically Modified Chitosan and Their Application to Hydrometallurgy

      • Katsutoshi Inoue, Kazuharu Yoshizuka, Yoshinari Baba

      Pages 35-41

   6. Chitin and Chitosan: Ecologically Bioactive Polymers

      • Shigehiro Hirano, Hiroshi Inui, Hideto Kosaki, Yoshitaka Uno, Tsuyoshi Toda

      Pages 43-54

   7. Recovery of Proteins from Whey Using Chitosan as a Coagulant

      • John F. Kennedy, Marion Paterson, David W. Taylor, Maria P. C. Silva

      Pages 55-69

   8. Use of Lignin-Based Materials in the Selective Inhibition of Microorganisms

      • Charles E Carraher Jr., Dorothy C Sterling, Cynthia Butler, Thomas Ridgway

      Pages 71-77

3. Polypeptides and Biodegradable Polymers

   1. Living Polymerization of Proteins: Actin and Tubulin. A Review

      • Stoil Dirlikov

      Pages 79-94

   2. Cell Adhesive Properties of Bioelastic Materials Containing Cell Attachment Sequences

      • Alastair Nicol, D. Channe Gowda, Timothy M. Parker, Dan W. Urry

      Pages 95-113

   3. Expression of a Synthetic Mussel Adhesive Protein in Escherichia Coli

      • Anthony J. Salerno, Ina Goldberg

      Pages 115-126

   4. Experiences With Collagen-Derived Biomaterials in Research and Treatment of Humans

      • A. Stemberger, R. Ascherl, M. A. Scherer, F. Bader, W. Erhardt, B. C. Adelmann-Grill et al.

      Pages 127-133

   5. Modulation of Phosphocholine Bilayer Structures

      • Alok Singh, Michael A. Markowitz, Li-I Tsao

      Pages 135-146

   6. Special Functional Group Triglyceride Oil Based Interpenetrating Polymer Networks

      • L. H. Sperling, L. W. Barrett

      Pages 147-159

   7. Biodegradable Polymers in the Environment: Are They Really Biodegradable?

      • Graham Swift

      Pages 161-168

   8. Four Year Absorption Study of Three Morphologically Different Forms of Poly-L-Lactide in Rabbits

      • Balkrishna S. Jadhav, Deger C. Tunc

      Pages 169-176

4. Medical Diagnostic Applications

   1. Non-Aqueous Polymeric Systems (NAPS) for Diagnostic Applications

      • A. F. Azhar, A. D. Burke, J. E. DuBois, A. M. Usmani

      Pages 177-183

   2. Protein Purification by Selective Adsorption on Immobilized Pyridinium Ligands

      • That T. Ngo

      Pages 185-193

   3. Moldable Dry Chemistry

      • J. E. Kennamer, A. D. Burke, A. M. Usmani

      Pages 195-200

Some have predicted that the coming several decades will be the decades of "biotechnology," wherein cancer, birth defects, life span increases, cosmetics, biodegradation, oil spills and exploration, solid waste disposal, and almost every aspect of our material life will be affected by this new area of science. There will also be an extension of emphasis on giant molecules: DNA, enzymes, polysaccharides, lignins, proteins, hemoglobin, and many others. Biotechnology has been defined in various ways. In one sense, this field is older than human history and references to the human use of biotechnology-derived materials can be found in the oldest human writings, such as the Bible. In this book, biotechnology refers to the direct usage of naturally occurring materials or their uses as a feedstock, including the associated biological activities and applications of these materials. Bioactive polymers, on the other hand, are polymers which exert some type of activity on living organisms. These polymers are used in agriculture, controlled release systems, medicine and many other areas. The papers in this book describe polymers which essentially combine features of biotechnology and bioactivity.

• DNA
• Heparin
• Lignin
• Polysaccharid
• enzymes
• polymer
• proteins

• Lionfire, Inc., Edgewater, USA

  Charles G. Gebelein

• Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

  Charles G. Gebelein, Charles E. Carraher

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