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FRONTIERS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
卷 7, 期 3, 页码 261-268出版社
HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-013-0216-6
关键词
ceramic drug delivery system; antibiotic; hydroxyapatite (HAP); porosity; targeted release
资金
- VIT University
- DRDO, Grant in aid scheme, Government of India
Hydroxyapatite (HAP) is the constituent of calcium phosphate based bone cement and it is extensively used as a bone substitute and drug delivery vehicle in various biomedical applications. In the present study we investigated the release kinetics of ciprofloxacin loaded HAP and analyzed its ability to function as a targeted and sustained release drug carrier. Synthesis of HAP was carried out by combustion method using tartaric acid as a fuel and nitric acid as an oxidizer. Powder XRD and FTIR techniques were employed to characterize the phase purity of the drug carrier and to verify the chemical interaction between the drug and carrier. The synthesized powders were sieve separated to make two different drug carriers with different particle sizes and the surface topography of the pellets of the drug carrier was imaged by AFM. Surface area and porosity of the drug carrier was carried out using surface area analyzer. The in-vitro drug release kinetics was performed in simulated body fluid, at 37.3 degrees C. The amount of ciprofloxacin released is measured using UV-visible spectroscopy following the characteristic.max of 278 nm. The release saturates around 450 h which indicates that it can be used as a targeted and sustained release carrier for bone infections.
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