Microbiological and Cytotoxic Testing of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Gel with Herbal Medicines Used for Wound Care
Proceedings of 24th European Conference on Biomaterials 2012
Jolanta Staško, Nadežda Romačikova, Aigars Reinis, Līga Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, Juta Kroica

The research objects are wound care materials from poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) gels obtained by freezing-thawing method. The content of therapeutic substances in composite gels which does not disturb cross-linking in freezing-thawing cycles was determined primarily. The promotion of quick wound healing without damage of new epithelium cells is one of a most important feature of wound care; therefore the natural substances such as a paste of pine extract has been selected for the further researches. Lot of microorganisms which frequently are representatives of natural flora, int. al. S.epidermidis, Ps.aeruginosa, present high ability to colonize on biomaterials, thereby developing risk of hospital infection. In this work an attempt was made for assessment of various PVA matrices, their microbial contamination risk and adhesion activity, study of their cytotoxicity and biocompatibility for the use of gel materials for the wound care.


Atslēgas vārdi
poly(vinyl alcohol), gel, cryogenically crosslinked

Staško, J., Romačikova, N., Reinis, A., Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, L., Kroica, J. Microbiological and Cytotoxic Testing of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Gel with Herbal Medicines Used for Wound Care. No: Proceedings of 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, Īrija, Dublin, 4.-9. septembris, 2011. Rome: Medimond, 2012, 169.-172.lpp. ISBN 978-88-7587-630-2.

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