Lactide

... activity of NTI. [Pubmed Record - new window] Synthesis and characterization of poly-alpha,beta-[N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-L-aspartamide]-g-poly(L-lactide) biodegradable copolymers as drug carriers. T Peng, SX Cheng, RX Zhuo Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Department ...

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... from the corn sugar to the polymer, which is used to make clothing. First, the sugar is fermented into lactic acid, then that is converted into lactide. Then lactide is converted into PLA, or polymer. It takes a matter of hours, but longer than that to get through our plant." PLA polymer ...

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Beginning in the 1960s, a range of synthetic biodegradable polymers have been developed, including polylactide (PLA), polyglycolide (PGA), poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA), poly(e-caprolactone), polydioxanone, polyanhydride, trimethylene carbonate, poly(ß-hydroxybutyrate), ...

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