Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications

Hydroxyapatite, HA (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) is well known as a calcium phosphate mineral phase which is widely used as an implant material. HA derived from natural sources have received considerable interest from researchers due to the presence of trace elements (CO32-, Na+ and Mg2+) beneficial for bone me...

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Main Author: Ahmad Fara, Ahmad Norman Khalis
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description Hydroxyapatite, HA (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) is well known as a calcium phosphate mineral phase which is widely used as an implant material. HA derived from natural sources have received considerable interest from researchers due to the presence of trace elements (CO32-, Na+ and Mg2+) beneficial for bone metabolism. Thus, in the present work, HA from Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) bones and scales were successfully extracted by calcination technique in neutral atmosphere. In order to produce HA with close composition to human bone, the calcination parameters such as temperatures, holding time and heating rate were manipulated. Results obtained indicated that treatment at 600 °C for 1 hour with 10 °C/min increments showed better characteristics for the desired HA as determined by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) analyses. The extracted HA contained nano-sized grains (72 nm and 65 nm) with high specific surface areas of 88 m2/g and 57 m2/g for the bones and scales, respectively. The study found that the broad and low crystallinity XRD peaks obtained corresponded to both HA samples and were related to the presence of nano-sized crystals and trace elements in a lattice structure. The substitution of carbonate ions in the phosphate and hydroxyl sites indicated the presence of AB-type carbonate in bones and scales. The calcination temperature was identified to have influenced the thermal stability of both extracted HA, where decomposition of HA to secondary phases such as β-TCP and CaO had occurred at 1200 °C. The presence of Mg2+ in the HA composition had accelerated its decomposition at the earlier temperature of 1000 °C. Meanwhile, varying the calcination holding time and heating rate had enabled control of the amount of CO32- occurrence in the HA composition in range between 1 and 9 wt%. The presence of this ion had increased the degradability of the HA. In addition, Na+ and Mg2+ also had significant impact on the bioactivity of the extracted HA. Thus, HA from fish bones was identified to be more bioactive than the HA from fish scales due to the presence of extra amounts of Na+ and Mg2+ in the HA composition.
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spelling uthm-1482021-07-06T06:40:35Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/ Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications Ahmad Fara, Ahmad Norman Khalis R Medicine (General) Hydroxyapatite, HA (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) is well known as a calcium phosphate mineral phase which is widely used as an implant material. HA derived from natural sources have received considerable interest from researchers due to the presence of trace elements (CO32-, Na+ and Mg2+) beneficial for bone metabolism. Thus, in the present work, HA from Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) bones and scales were successfully extracted by calcination technique in neutral atmosphere. In order to produce HA with close composition to human bone, the calcination parameters such as temperatures, holding time and heating rate were manipulated. Results obtained indicated that treatment at 600 °C for 1 hour with 10 °C/min increments showed better characteristics for the desired HA as determined by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) analyses. The extracted HA contained nano-sized grains (72 nm and 65 nm) with high specific surface areas of 88 m2/g and 57 m2/g for the bones and scales, respectively. The study found that the broad and low crystallinity XRD peaks obtained corresponded to both HA samples and were related to the presence of nano-sized crystals and trace elements in a lattice structure. The substitution of carbonate ions in the phosphate and hydroxyl sites indicated the presence of AB-type carbonate in bones and scales. The calcination temperature was identified to have influenced the thermal stability of both extracted HA, where decomposition of HA to secondary phases such as β-TCP and CaO had occurred at 1200 °C. The presence of Mg2+ in the HA composition had accelerated its decomposition at the earlier temperature of 1000 °C. Meanwhile, varying the calcination holding time and heating rate had enabled control of the amount of CO32- occurrence in the HA composition in range between 1 and 9 wt%. The presence of this ion had increased the degradability of the HA. In addition, Na+ and Mg2+ also had significant impact on the bioactivity of the extracted HA. Thus, HA from fish bones was identified to be more bioactive than the HA from fish scales due to the presence of extra amounts of Na+ and Mg2+ in the HA composition. 2018-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/1/24p%20AHMAD%20NORMAN%20KHALIS%20AHMAD%20FARA.pdf text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/2/AHMAD%20NORMAN%20KHALIS%20AHMAD%20FARA%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/3/AHMAD%20NORMAN%20KHALIS%20AHMAD%20FARA%20WATERMARK.pdf Ahmad Fara, Ahmad Norman Khalis (2018) Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
Ahmad Fara, Ahmad Norman Khalis
Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications
title Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications
title_full Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications
title_fullStr Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications
title_full_unstemmed Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications
title_short Preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications
title_sort preparation and characterization of natural hydroxyapatite from tilapia bones and scales for biomedical applications
topic R Medicine (General)
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/1/24p%20AHMAD%20NORMAN%20KHALIS%20AHMAD%20FARA.pdf
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/2/AHMAD%20NORMAN%20KHALIS%20AHMAD%20FARA%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/148/3/AHMAD%20NORMAN%20KHALIS%20AHMAD%20FARA%20WATERMARK.pdf