Preparation of Elastic Silk Sericin Hydrogel

作者：Hidetoshi Teramoto, Kenichi Nakajima, Chiyuki Takabayashi · 发表于：Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry · 年份：2005 · DOI：10.1271/bbb.69.845 · 被引用次数：80 · 研究领域：Silk-based biomaterials and applications、Silkworms and Sericulture Research、Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

This paper reports a preparation method for silk sericin hydrogel using the Sericin-hope silkworm, whose cocoons consist almost exclusively of sericin. Sericin solution, prepared from Sericin-hope cocoons, contains intact sericin and forms elastic hydrogels with the addition of ethanol. The sericin hydrogel can be prepared without crosslinking by chemicals or irradiation and might be usable as a naturally occurring biomaterial.