TY - JOUR
T1 - Apatite deposition on calcium alginate fibres in simulated body fluid
AU - Kokubo, Tadashi
AU - Hanakawa, Masayuki
AU - Kawashita, Masakazu
AU - Minoda, Masahiko
AU - Beppu, Toshiyuki
AU - Miyamoto, Takeaki
AU - Nakamura, Takashi
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - Calcium alginate fibres with an average diameter of 5 μm were prepared by extruding an aqueous sodium alginate solution through nozzles with holes of 0.1 mm diameter into an aqueous calcium chloride solution, and then through a calcium chloride methanol solution. The ratio of D-mannuronate (M) to L-gluronate (G) subunits in the calcium alginate ranged from 0.7 to 2.0. The fibres were soaked in an aqueous saturated calcium hydroxide solution for 5 d, and then soaked in a simulated body fluid (SBF) with ion concentrations nearly equal to those of human blood plasma. Fibres with an M/G ratio of 2.0 had apatite deposited on their surfaces within 7 d in SBF, but fibres with M/G ratios of 0.7 and 1.5 did not. The higher apatite-forming ability of the former fibres was attributed to their release of more calcium ions from the fibres, that is, the formation of a larger number of free carboxyl groups, effective for apatite nucleation and more efficient acceleration of the apatite nucleation by increasing the ionic activity product of the apatite in SBF.
AB - Calcium alginate fibres with an average diameter of 5 μm were prepared by extruding an aqueous sodium alginate solution through nozzles with holes of 0.1 mm diameter into an aqueous calcium chloride solution, and then through a calcium chloride methanol solution. The ratio of D-mannuronate (M) to L-gluronate (G) subunits in the calcium alginate ranged from 0.7 to 2.0. The fibres were soaked in an aqueous saturated calcium hydroxide solution for 5 d, and then soaked in a simulated body fluid (SBF) with ion concentrations nearly equal to those of human blood plasma. Fibres with an M/G ratio of 2.0 had apatite deposited on their surfaces within 7 d in SBF, but fibres with M/G ratios of 0.7 and 1.5 did not. The higher apatite-forming ability of the former fibres was attributed to their release of more calcium ions from the fibres, that is, the formation of a larger number of free carboxyl groups, effective for apatite nucleation and more efficient acceleration of the apatite nucleation by increasing the ionic activity product of the apatite in SBF.
KW - Apatite
KW - Biomimetic process
KW - Calcium alginate fibres
KW - Carboxyl groups
KW - Simulated body fluid
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U2 - 10.2109/jcersj.112.363
DO - 10.2109/jcersj.112.363
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4043116981
VL - 112
SP - 363
EP - 367
JO - Nippon Seramikkusu Kyokai Gakujutsu Ronbunshi/Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
JF - Nippon Seramikkusu Kyokai Gakujutsu Ronbunshi/Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
SN - 1882-0743
IS - 1307
ER -