Journal
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages 906-919Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.09.080
Keywords
Chitosan; Microwave; Nanoparticles; Transdermal drug delivery
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- UiTM Malaysia [0141903]
- MOSTI Malaysia
- MOHE Malaysia
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This study investigated transdermal drug delivery mechanisms of chitosan nanoparticles with the synergistic action of microwave in skin modification. Chitosan nanoparticles, with free or conjugated 5-fluorouracil, were prepared by nanospray-drying technique. Their transdermal drug delivery profiles across untreated and microwave-treated skins (2450 MHz 5 min, 5 + 5 min; 3985 MHz 5 min) were examined. Both constituent materials of nanoparticles and drug encapsulation were required to succeed transdermal drug delivery. The drug transport was mediated via nanoparticles carrying drug across the skin and/or diffusion of earlier released drug molecules from skin surfaces. The drug/nanoparticles transport was facilitated through constituent nanoparticles and microwave fluidizing protein/lipid domains of epidermis and dermis (O-H, N-H, C-H, C-N) and dermal trans-to-gauche lipid conformational changes. The microwave induced marked changes to the skin ceramide content homogeneity. The chitosan nanoparticles largely affected the palmitic acid and keratin domains. Combined microwave and nanotechnologies synergize transdermal drug delivery. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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