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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 78, Issue 4, Pages 725-730Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.06.009
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pH-sensitive; Starch; Methacrylic acid; Hydrogel; gamma-Irradiation; Swelling kinetics; Drug release
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A series of starch/methacrylic acid (MAAc) copolymer hydrogels of different compositions were synthesized using gamma-rays induced polymerization and crosslinking. The effects of the preparation conditions such as the feed solution concentration, feed solution composition and irradiation dose on the gelation process of the synthesized copolymer were investigated. The swelling behavior of the starch/methacrylic acid (MAAc) copolymer hydrogels was characterized by studying the effect of the hydrogel composition on the time- and pH-dependent swelling. Swelling kinetics showed that the synthesized hydrogels possessed Fickian diffusion behavior at pH 1 and non-Fickian diffusion at pH 7 which recommend them as good candidate for colon specific drug delivery systems. The synthesized hydrogels were loaded with ketoprofen as a model drug to investigate the release behavior of the synthesized hydrogels. The results showed the ability of the hydrogels to keep the loaded drug at pH 1 and release it at pH 7. The data also showed that the release rate can be controlled by controlling the preparation conditions such as comonomer concentration and composition and irradiation dose. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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