Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 194-206Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2016.1262162
Keywords
Sucrose; AC-sucrose; pH-sensitive hydrogel; release; CUR
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A monomer of sucrose acrylate (AC-sucrose) was synthesized by conjugating starting compound sucrose with methyl acrylate (MA). The obtained AC-sucrose was characterized by mass spectrometry (MS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. AC-sucrose was selected as a monomer to fabricate a novel pH sensitive hydrogel via free radical polymerization. The inner morphology of the final hydrogel was observed with an S-4800 scanning electron microscope (SEM). The swelling and de-swelling behaviors of the hydrogel chips were also studied. Curcumin (CUR) was selected as a model drug and loaded into the final hydrogel. The release profiles of CUR were performed via dialysis method in pH 1.2, 6.8 and 7.4 buffers, respectively. Mass and FTIR spectra confirmed the synthesis of AC-sucrose. SEM photographs showed that poly(AC-sucrose-co-MAA) hydrogels had many 3D meshes. In pH 1.2 buffer, the hydrogel chips showed the biggest swelling ratio (SR) of 34.4 +/- 1.9%. However, in pH 7.4 buffer, the SRs of the hydrogel chips reached to 368.7 +/- 28.0%, which suggested that the hydrogel had an excellent pH sensibility. The releasing profiles showed that only 4.6 +/- 0.4% of CUR was released in pH 1.2 buffer but 93.7 +/- 4.7% of CUR was diffused into pH 7.4 buffer. These data suggested that the CUR-loaded poly (AC-sucrose-co-MAA) hydrogel could direct CUR to release in basic environments.
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