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JOURNAL OF BIOACTIVE AND COMPATIBLE POLYMERS
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 132-153Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0883911507088274
Keywords
controlled drug release; salting-out; crosslinking; poly( lactic co-glycolic) acid; (PLGA) 3 Box-Behnken design; physicochemical; physicomechanical; textural profiling
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This study involved a statistical approach to develop a mechanistic understanding of the salting-out of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) ( PLGA) and to evaluate the capacity to modulate the physicochemical and physicomechanical properties of PLGA by incorporating electrolytes that produce stochastic fluctuations. The correlation between the three types of salts used and the extent of PLGA chain transitions were established by structural-thermal analysis. Drug-loaded monolithic matrices are prepared by direct compressing salted-out PLGA and a model drug ( melatonin). PLGA scaffolds possess fiber diameters and volumes ranging between 0.1-15 mu m and 0.0075-14,000 mu m(3), respectively. Texture profile analysis reveal a significant increase in the energy absorbed and matrix resilience with increased NaCl2 and AlCl3 concentrations. In vitro drug release studies were performed in phosphate buffered saline ( pH 7.4; 37 degrees C); the release media was sampled at pre-determined intervals and analyzed by UV spectroscopy. Ideal zero-order drug release profiles were observed with 20% melatonin over a 30-day period. Monolithic matrices prepared by crosslinking melatonin with PLGA reveal a superior capability to control drug release. The salting-out and subsequent crosslinking of PLGA significantly modified the physicochemical and physicomechanical properties of native PLGA and demonstrated the ability to achieve controlled drug release.
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