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BIOMOLECULES
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom9060241
Keywords
amyrin; cyclodextrin; inclusion complexes; anti-inflammatory
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- Conselho de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
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alpha, beta amyrin (ABAM) is a natural mixture of pentacyclic triterpenes that has a wide range of biological activities. ABAM is isolated from the species of the Burseraceae family, in which the species Protium is commonly found in the Amazon region of Brazil. The aim of this work was to develop inclusion complexes (ICs) of ABAM and beta-cyclodextrin (beta CD) and hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HP beta CD) by physical mixing (PM) and kneading (KN) methods. Interactions between ABAM and the CD's as well as the formation of ICs were confirmed by physicochemical characterization in the solid state by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Physicochemical characterization indicated the formation of ICs with both beta CD and HP beta CD. Such ICs were able to induce changes in the physicochemical properties of ABAM. In addition, the formation of ICs with cyclodextrins showed to be an effective and promising alternative to enhance the anti-inflammatory activity and safety of ABAM.
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