Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5157487 | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The aim of this work was to examine the formation and properties of chondroitin sulfate (CHON)-based nanoparticles (NPs), namely CHON/chitosan (CHIT), CHON/CHIT/calcitonin (sCT) and CHON/sCT. Both, positively and negatively charged CHON/CHIT NPs have been successfully obtained with properties that were dependent on the polymer mixing ratio, polymer concentration and molecular weight of CHIT. sCT was successfully loaded into CHON/CHIT NPs with efficiency close to 100% and notably high loading (up to 33%). A new type of NPs composed of CHON and sCT (a binary system) has been successfully developed. CHON/sCT NPs offer the advantage of a very high drug loading up to 73%. The particle size of CHON-based NPs increased in PBS, acetate buffer and in HCl solution compared to that in water, but most of them remained in the nano-range even after 24Â h. The media and composition of the nanocarriers were found to affect the release of sCT.
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Authors
Anita Umerska, Owen I. Corrigan, Lidia Tajber,