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Biopolymers are polymers produced by living organisms; in other words, they are polymeric biomolecules normally from cellular or extracellular matter. Biopolymers contain monomeric units that are covalently bonded to form larger structures. There are three main classes of biopolymers, classified according to the monomeric units used and the structure of the biopolymer formed: polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polysaccharides. More specifically, polynucleotides, such as RNA and DNA, are long polymers composed of 13 or more nucleotide monomers. Polypeptides or proteins, are short polymers of amino acids and some examples include collagen actin and fibrin. The last class, polysaccharides,are often linear bonded polymeric carbohydrate structures and some examples include cellulose and alginate. Other examples of biopolymers include rubber, suberin, melanin and lignin.

Biopolymers have various applications such as in the food industry, manufacturing, packaging and biomedical engineering.

Common Biopolymers (Adding to it)
Collagen: collagen

Silk:

Applications
Biomedical Applications: Biopolymers are used vastly for tissue engineering, medical devices and pharmaceutical carries. Gelatin polymer is often used on dressing wounds where it acts as an adhesive. Lots of biopolymers can be used for regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and overall medical applications. They provide properties like biocompatibility, wound healing, catalysis of bio-activity, Scaffolds and films with gelatin allow for the scaffolds to hold drugs and other nutrients that can be used to supply to a wound for healing. More specifically, polypeptides like collagen and silk, are biocompatible materials that are being used in r