TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL FUMARATE RELEASE FROM GLUTARALDEHYDE CROSS-LINKED CHITOSAN/Β-CYCLODEXTRIN HYDROGEL

Abstract

In this study, chitosan was produced from crayfish Astacus leptodactylus, and then it was used to synthesize chitosan-graft-β-cyclodextrin (CS-g-β-CD) hydrogel. The produced chitosan (CS) and the sythesized CS-g-β-CD hydrogel were characterized using a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1H-NMR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) was used as a model to investigate the antiviral drug release properties of the CS-g-β-CD hydrogel. The synthesized hydrogel had an almost homogeneous pore structure and a high swelling capacity which increases depending on the amount of β-Cyclodextrin (β-CD). The drug-loaded CS-g-β-CD hydrogels was examined by XRD and 1H-NMR, and SEM analyses. Seventy-three percent of the TDF loaded on the synthesized hydrogels was released into phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution at 37 ºC. The drug release behavior of all prepared CS-g-β-CD hydrogels fitted the Korsmeyer-Peppas model. The addition of β-CD into the gel improved the swelling ability and TDF release of the CS-g-β-CD hydrogel system.

Keywords

• Crayfish chitosan
• degree of deacetylation
• antiviral drug
• drug release

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