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SUBMITTER: Hirlekar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658940 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS omega 20201102 44
Silk fibroin (SF) hydrogels find wide applications in tissue engineering. However, their scope has been limited due to the long gelation time in ambient conditions. This paper shows the reduction in gelation time of silk fibroin to minutes upon doping with a newly synthesized lauric acid sophorolipid (LASL). LASL comprises a fatty acid, lauric acid (with a 12-carbon aliphatic chain), that is derivatized by glucose molecules using a non-pathogenic yeast <i>Candida bombicola</i>. LASL was characte ...[more]