Panagiota Agrafioti

Ms. Panagiota Agrafioti


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 April 2018 in Materials
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DXDespoina Xidaki
Despoina Xidaki
PAPanagiota Agrafioti
Panagiota Agrafioti
DDDimitra Diomatari
Dimitra Diomatari
Archontia KaminariArchontia Kaminari
Archontia Kaminari
ETEleftherios Tsalavoutas-Psarras
Eleftherios Tsalavoutas-Psarras
MSMarina Sagnou
Marina Sagnou
The successful synthesis of hydroxyapatite (HA), β-Tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) and two biphasic mixtures (BCPs) of the two was performed by means of wet precipitation. The resulting crystals were characterized and the BCP composition was analyzed and identified as 13% HA—87% TCP and 41% HA—59% TCP. All samples were treated with curcumin solutions, and the degree of curcumin loading and release was found to be proportional to the TCP content of the ceramic. No further cytotoxicity was observed upon MG-63 treatment with the curcumin-loaded ceramics. Finally, the alkaline phosphatase activity of the cells was found to increase with increasing content of TCP, which provides an encouraging proof of concept for the use of curcumin-loaded synthetic biomaterials in bone remodeling.