Polyglycolic-acid
(from wikipedia) Polyglycolide or poly(glycolic acid) (PGA), also spelled as polyglycolic acid, is a biodegradable, thermoplastic polymer and the simplest linear, aliphatic polyester. It can be prepared starting from glycolic acid by means of polycondensation or ring-opening polymerization. PGA has been known since 1954 as a tough fiber-forming polymer. Owing to its hydrolytic instability, however, its use was slow to develop. Polyglycolide and its copolymers (poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) with lactic acid, poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone) with epsilon-caprolactone and poly (glycolide-co-trimethylene carbonate) with trimethylene carbonate) are widely used as a material for the synthesis of absorbable sutures and are being evaluated in the biomedical field
General
Type : Polymer, Polyester, Aliphatic polyester
Chemical_Nomenclature : Poly[oxy(1-oxo-1,2-ethanediyl)]
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Other name(s) : Polyglycolide || poly(glycolic acid) || PGA
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Structures : No structure
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References (3)
| Title : Directed evolution of hydrolytic enzymes for enhanced biodegradation of spinal surgery scaffolds - Zhao_2025_Int.J.Biol.Macromol__146620 |
| Author(s) : Zhao M , Li C , Li D , Zhang L , Wang Q |
| Ref : Int J Biol Macromol , :146620 , 2025 |
| Abstract : |
| PubMedSearch : Zhao_2025_Int.J.Biol.Macromol__146620 |
| PubMedID: 40816388 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: 9bact-TtEst2 , canar-LipB , penfu-PHAZ , thefu-q6a0i3 |
| Title : Directed evolution of hydrolytic enzymes for enhanced biodegradation of spinal surgery scaffolds - Zhao_2025_Int.J.Biol.Macromol__146620 |
| Author(s) : Zhao M , Li C , Li D , Zhang L , Wang Q |
| Ref : Int J Biol Macromol , :146620 , 2025 |
| Abstract : |
| PubMedSearch : Zhao_2025_Int.J.Biol.Macromol__146620 |
| PubMedID: 40816388 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: 9bact-TtEst2 , canar-LipB , penfu-PHAZ , thefu-q6a0i3 |
| Title : Directed evolution of hydrolytic enzymes for enhanced biodegradation of spinal surgery scaffolds - Zhao_2025_Int.J.Biol.Macromol__146620 |
| Author(s) : Zhao M , Li C , Li D , Zhang L , Wang Q |
| Ref : Int J Biol Macromol , :146620 , 2025 |
| Abstract : |
| PubMedSearch : Zhao_2025_Int.J.Biol.Macromol__146620 |
| PubMedID: 40816388 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: 9bact-TtEst2 , canar-LipB , penfu-PHAZ , thefu-q6a0i3 |