Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8329106 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2018 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, cholesteryl-grafted sodium alginate derivatives (CSAD) with different molecular weights were synthesized by esterification. The structure of CSAD was confirmed by FT-IR and 1H NMR spectrometers. The effects of pH and CSAD polymer concentration on the self-assembled behavior and particle size of CSAD were investigated by fluorescence measurement (FM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). In the presence of Ca2+, the cholesteryl-grafted sodium alginate derivative was used for fabricating self-assembled nanoparticles that can effectively encapsulate the drug acetamiprid. The drug-loaded nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The encapsulation efficiency (EE) and acetamiprid drug release behavior from the nanoparticles were also studied. The results reveal that CSAD self-assembled nanoparticles had a diameter of 100Â nm and were nonaggregated in aqueous media; Moreover, the encapsulation efficiency and the release behavior of nanoparticles were influenced by the MW of CSAD. The mechanism of acetamiprid release was found to vary from non-Fickian (anomalous) to Fickian transport with a decrease in the molecular weight of CSAD.
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Authors
Xinyu Zhao, Jiacheng Li, Yuhong Feng, Gaobo Yu, Qingfeng Zhou, Furui He, Dunchao Xiao, Kai Chen, Lei Zhang,