The combination of natural and synthetic polymers for effective wound healing in tissue engineering

Burns range in severity depending on the amount of area they cover on the body and how deeply they penetrate the skin and tissue beneath. Wound healing is an intricate and orchestrated process involving the interactions of various cell components to establish a provisional tissue and then remodel this while forming the mature replacement. Many types of polymers have been used for wound healing till date, which had benefits and disadvantages associated with it. The work here concerns towards effective wound healing process by employing the use of Musa paradisiaca Linn. commonly known as Banana, which had been used traditionally in India for dressings of wound and ulcers. The appropriate combination of the M. paradisiaca leaves and stem, along with the synthetic polymer, Polyethylene glycol was used, since it possess the properties of being biocompatible, in addition to being a good antimicrobial agent along with antioxidant properties. Characterization of the materials using FTIR provides the congruence of the presence of components that assist in effective wound healing.