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DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 492-498Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03639040701744004
Keywords
cyclosporine A; microsphere; chitosan coating; oral delivery
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The aim of this study was to prepare and characterize chitosan-coated microspheres containing cyclosporine A (CyA). Microspheres encapsulated with CyA were prepared by solvent evaporation-emulsification methods. Microspheres were immersed in chitosan solution (0.5% w/w) to be coated. Morphology, mean size, and encapsulation efficiency of chitosan-coated microspheres were evaluated. To assess the mucoadhesive properties of this drug delivery system, the percent of mucin adsorption to the surface of coated microspheres was determined. Microspheres were spherical in shape. Encapsulation efficiency of different microsphere formulations varied from 78% to 92%. According to the mucin adsorption results, this particulate system showed suitable mucoadhesive properties. It can be concluded that surface modification of microspheres by chitosan coating would increase the prospects of their usefulness as oral drug delivery systems for CyA.
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