Definitions for "Biopolymer"
A protein, nucleic acid, or polysaccharide molecule.
a naturally occurring polymer generated using natural resources like plants and micro-organisms
a polymer found
Microbial products, either exopolysaccharides or polyhydroxyalkanoates, that can be manufactured commercially from renewable resources, are biodegradable, and provide alternatives to traditional plant and algal gums or to plastics made from hydrocarbons.
An increasingly common term defining plastics that are generated from renewable natural sources, a large number of which are derived from starch. They are often bio-degradable, and so do not harm the environment.
A plastic material that is designed to be implanted in the body.
Compound of high molecular weight synthesised by living organisms