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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 109, Issue 4, Pages 2369-2374Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/app.28163
Keywords
poloxamer 407; in situ gel forming systems; HPCHPMC vancomycin; block copolymers; rheology; gelation; gels; stimuli-sensitive polymers
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Poloxamers are a family of triblock copolymers consisting of two hydrophilic blocks of polyoxyethylene separated by a hydrophobic block of polyoxypropylene, which form micelles at low concentrations and form clear thermally reversible gels at high concentrations. The objective of this study was to develop an in situ gel forming drug delivery system for vancomycin using the minimum possible ratio of poloxamer 407 (P407). Decreasing the concentration of poloxamer could reduce the risk of hypertriglyceridemia induction. Different additives were added to the poloxamer formulations. It was observed that among different additives, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) and hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) can decrease poloxamer concentration required to form in situ gelation from 18 to 10%. The dynamic viscoelastic properties of the samples were determined. Both the storage modulus and the loss modulus of the samples increased abruptly as the temperature passed a certain point. The gelling temperature was in the order of P407 : HPC (10 : 10 w/w) < P407: HPMC (10: 10 w/w) < P407: HPMC (15: 5 w/w) < P407 : HPC (15 : 5 w/w). Drug release rate could be controlled by changing the type and ratio of additives as well as the amount of drug loaded. It can be concluded that combining P407 and cellulose derivatives could be a promising strategy for preparation of thermally reversible in situ gel forming delivery systems with low poloxamer concentration. (c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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