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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
卷 482, 期 -, 页码 34-43出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.04.006
关键词
Chitosan nanoparticles; Ionic gelation; Membrane emulsification; Membrane contactor; Tacrine; Alzheimer's disease
资金
- Campus France (France) [793117D]
Chitosan nanoparticles were prepared by a novel technique based on ionic gelation using sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) as cross-linking agent. In this method, the TPP solution flows through the pores of a microengineered membrane into the chitosan solution put in a stirred cell. It is shown that favorable micromixing conditions are created on top of the membrane surface to form chitosan-TPP nanoparticles. The influence of several formulation parameters (chitosan and TPP concentrations, ratio between volumes of the two solutions, pH of the two solutions, chitosan molecular weight) and process parameters (membrane characteristics, injection speed, stirring rate) were investigated. Under optimum conditions, chitosan-TPP nanoparticles had a mean size around 90-100 nm, polydispersity index around 0.22, and zeta potential close to + 31 mV. The encapsulation of the anti-Alzheimer's drug tacrine did not change the mean size and polydispersity index of unloaded nanoparticles, whereas the zeta potential was increased to + 38mV due to the positively charge of tacrine. Under optimum conditions, tacrine encapsulation efficiency into nanoparticles was found equal to 66.1%. In addition, chitosan-TPP nanoparticles were shown to be stable at least during 25 days in an acidic medium at 4 or 25 degrees C. This study demonstrates that ionic gelation using a stirred cell with microengineered membrane is a suitable technique for preparation of chitosan-TPP nanoparticles. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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