Mechanistically Guided Development of a Bioactive Chitosan/Magnesium-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposite Scaffold for Osteogenic and Antibacterial Bone Regeneration: Proposed Research Based on the Preliminary Findings of an Electrospun CS/Mg-HAp Scaffold Co-Loaded with Icariin, Lithium Chloride and Naringin

Sahar Hefzollesan; Rizvan Mammadov

doi:10.33295/1992-576X-2026-4-EDEN-1

Authors

Sahar Hefzollesan Medera Hospital, Baku, Azerbaijan
Rizvan Mammadov Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33295/1992-576X-2026-4-EDEN-1

Keywords:

Bone tissue engineering, nanocomposite scaffold, chitosan, magnesium-doped hydroxyapatite, electrospinning, icariin, lithium chloride, naringin, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, osteogenesis, antibacterial activity, 3D biomaterials, bone regeneration

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Author Biographies

Sahar Hefzollesan, Medera Hospital, Baku, Azerbaijan

Head of Dental Department
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2728-8154

Rizvan Mammadov, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Department of Therapeutic Dentistry
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4765-9248

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