Biphasic Calcium Phosphate Derived from a Sardine By-Product

Soumia Belouafa, Ahmed Bennemara and Abdelmjid Abourriche
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Abdelmjid Abourriche: Department of Chemistry, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Morocco

Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, 2017, vol. 6, issue 3, 58-60

Abstract: In this work, phosphate-based compound used in biomedicine was extracted from scales of Moroccan sardines (Sardinapilchardus). This is the first time that a by-product of Moroccan fish is used for the extraction of these kinds of materials. The scales were subject to a simple calcination process. The scales formed a mixture of hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, HAP) and β-tri-calcium phosphate (β-Ca3(PO4)2, β-TCP), with a higher content of β-TCP obtained at high temperature. This bi-phasic biomaterial has an added value, as it is used as a bioceramic; in reality HAP has good biocompatibility whereas β-TCP has good resorbability

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2017.06.555690

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