Cellulose‐enriched ascorbic acid for wound dressing application: Future medical textile

Wounds infected by resistant microbes have become a cost and health problemworldwide. In modern wound care, healing mechanisms require particularstrategies, such as adding natural antioxidants and antimicrobials in a biocom-patible biopolymer matrix mimicking extracellular tissue such as cellulose.Here, ascorbic acid or Vitamin C is a promising bioactive as a topical drugloaded in a cellulose-based composite matrix for skin tissue repair. Ascorbicacid, cellulose, or cellulose composites enriched with ascorbic acid have shownbetter biocompatibility and biological effects for accelerating wound healing,making them promising as sustainable medical textiles. Future challengesrelate to the ideal engineered wound dressing design, raw material toxicity,and 3D printing technologyWounds infected by resistant microbes have become a cost and health problemworldwide. In modern wound care, healing mechanisms require particularstrategies, such as adding natural antioxidants and antimicrobials in a biocom-patible biopolymer matrix mimicking extracellular tissue such as cellulose.Here, ascorbic acid or Vitamin C is a promising bioactive as a topical drugloaded in a cellulose-based composite matrix for skin tissue repair. Ascorbicacid, cellulose, or cellulose composites enriched with ascorbic acid have shownbetter biocompatibility and biological effects for accelerating wound healing,making them promising as sustainable medical textiles. Future challengesrelate to the ideal engineered wound dressing design, raw material toxicity,and 3D printing technology