Mohammad Kazem Ghahramanpoor et al.
Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 22(10), 2365-2375 (2011-08-13)
Alginate is a family of natural polysaccharides, widely used in industry and medicine for many applications, with its non toxic nature, gentle sol/gel transition procedure and low cost, alginate inferior biomechanical properties have limited its utility especially in tissue engineering.