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Potential of Chitosan and its derivatives for controlled drug release applications – A review
(Editions de Sante editions.de.sante@wanadoo.fr, 2019) Safdar, R.; Omar, A.A.; Arunagiri, A.; Iyyaswami, R.; Murugesan, M.
Recent research on the drug delivery systems exhibited tremendous improvements for several short life drugs which disappear in few minutes in harsh conditions of the Gastrointestinal tract (GIT). After years of investigations, the current drug delivery system has been improved with new advanced materials with less toxicity and better therapeutic efficiency. In this regard, new formulations consisting of drugs encapsulated with natural biodegradable copolymer, Chitosan, in the form of nanoparticles have been studied, which in turn improved the release profile of drugs. In this review, the Chitosan and its physiochemical properties, nanoparticles and their drug release mechanism and effects of modification of various drugs (anti–cancer, anti–inflammatory, anti–diabetes, anti–infectious drugs etc) with Chitosan and co–materials on their release profiles are briefly reviewed. These biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles improved the in vitro release profile of drugs and provided a way forward for further improvement of the current and conventional drug delivery systems. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Preparation, characterization and stability evaluation of ionic liquid blended chitosan tripolyphosphate microparticles
(2019) Safdar, R.; Gnanasundaram, N.; Regupathi, I.; Appusamy, A.; Papadimitriou, S.; Thanabalan, M.
Recently, drug delivery systems are facing several shortcomings which demand for the development of new formulations. A new drug solvent systems may improve the characteristics and sustained release of drugs. Investigations in this domain revealed the significance of Ionic Liquids (ILs) as active pharmaceutical ingredients for pharmaceutical applications. ILs drug assisted carriers exhibit many unique and attractive properties which are lacking in their conventional counterparts. In this work, Chitosan (CS), a natural polymer was blended with an ammonium based IL, Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH), and microparticles (MPs) of CS TMAOH TPP were synthesized by cross linking with sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) using ionic gelation method. The addition of TMAOH to CS enhanced the stability of MPs without affecting the particle size. FTIR analysis confirmed the structural changes whereas the FE-SEM analysis showed almost similar sizes of freeze dried MPs as determined by Zetasizer. The morphology of the CS TMAOH TPP MPs was mostly similar to CS TPP MPs. The Thermogravimetric analysis indicated that these MPs exhibit good thermal resistance. Moreover, the DSC and XRD analysis of the prepared MPs were conducted to analyze thermograms and crystallographic structure respectively. Overall, the present synthesized CS TMAOH TPP MPs are more stable than CS TPP MPs, which will be useful for drug delivery applications. 2019
Preparation, characterization and stability evaluation of ionic liquid blended chitosan tripolyphosphate microparticles
(Editions de Sante editions.de.sante@wanadoo.fr, 2019) Safdar, R.; Francisco Nirmala, N.; Iyyaswami, R.; Arunagiri, A.; Papadimitriou, S.; Murugesan, M.
Recently, drug delivery systems are facing several shortcomings which demand for the development of new formulations. A new drug–solvent systems may improve the characteristics and sustained release of drugs. Investigations in this domain revealed the significance of Ionic Liquids (ILs) as active pharmaceutical ingredients for pharmaceutical applications. ILs–drug assisted carriers exhibit many unique and attractive properties which are lacking in their conventional counterparts. In this work, Chitosan (CS), a natural polymer was blended with an ammonium based IL, Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH), and microparticles (MPs) of CS–TMAOH–TPP were synthesized by cross–linking with sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) using ionic gelation method. The addition of TMAOH to CS enhanced the stability of MPs without affecting the particle size. FTIR analysis confirmed the structural changes whereas the FE-SEM analysis showed almost similar sizes of freeze–dried MPs as determined by Zetasizer. The morphology of the CS–TMAOH–TPP MPs was mostly similar to CS–TPP MPs. The Thermogravimetric analysis indicated that these MPs exhibit good thermal resistance. Moreover, the DSC and XRD analysis of the prepared MPs were conducted to analyze thermograms and crystallographic structure respectively. Overall, the present synthesized CS–TMAOH–TPP MPs are more stable than CS–TPP MPs, which will be useful for drug delivery applications. © 2019