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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 1543-1549Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.07.028
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Tamarind seed polysaccharide; Thiolated tamarind seed polysaccharide; Metronidazole; Mucoadhesion
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- Dept. of Technical Education, Haryana State Government
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In the present study, thiol-functionalization of tamarind seed polysaccharide was carried out by esterification with thioglycolic acid. Thiol-functionalization was confirmed by -SH stretch in Fourier-transformed infra-red spectra at 2586 cm(-1). It was found to possess 104.5 mM of thiol groups per gram. The results of differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction study indicate increase in crystallinity. Polymer compacts of thiolated tamarind seed polysaccharide required 6.85-fold greater force to detach from the mucin coated membrane than that of tamarind seed polysaccharide. Comparative evaluation of Carbopol-based metronidazole gels containing thiolated tamarind seed polysaccharide with gels containing tamarind seed polysaccharide for mucoadhesive strength using chicken ileum by modified balance method revealed higher mucoadhesion of gels containing thiolated tamarind seed polysaccharide. Further, the gels containing tamarind seed polysaccharide and thiolated tamarind seed polysaccharide released the drug by Fickian-diffusion following the first-order and Higuchi's-square root release kinetics, respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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