ZNO@ESENTIAL OILS BASED SODIUM ALGINATE/SILK FI-BRO-IN/HIALURONIC ACID SCAFFOLDS FOR WOUND APPLICATIONS

Interest to finding a solution to help reduce the cases of microbial infections in wounds is very high. The concern is all the greater as antibiotic resistance has become an increasingly common problem. In order to find a new way to synthesize a wound dressing which has superior prop-er-ties, sodium alginate, hyaluronic acid and silk fibroin functionalized with zinc oxide and clove and oregano essential oils were used. The results are encouraging for using this kind of wound dressing as an efficient treatment, showing antibacterial activity against wound patho-gen Staph-ylococcus aureus.