期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 163, 期 -, 页码 167-179出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.253
关键词
Curcumin; Chitosan; Pluronic; Skin permeation
资金
- Brazilian agency CAPES [001]
- Brazilian agency CNPq
- Brazilian funding agency CNPq/MCTI [Universal 01/2016, 408229/2016-0]
The emergence of new materials with improved antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and healing properties compared to conventional wound dressings has both social and economic appeal. In this study, novel chitosanbased (CTS) membranes containing curcumin (CUR) incorporated in Pluronic (PLU) copolymerswere developed and characterized to obtain suitable properties for applications as a wound healing dressing. The mechanical, thermal, swelling, wettability, release and permeation properties were evaluated by DSC, TGA, water contact angle measurements, FTIR, fluorescence and microscopic techniques. Membranes containing PLU and CUR presented wettability close to the ideal range for interaction with cellular components (contact angle similar to 40-70 degrees), improved mechanical properties, higher thermal stability, high swelling degree (N800%) and CUR release (similar to 60%) compared to samples without PLU addition. A higher retention of CUR in the epidermis than in the dermis layer was observed, which also was confirmed by confocal microscopy. Furthermore, the CTS-PLU membranes loaded with CUR showed to be active against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MIC = 25 and 100 mg mL(-1), respectively), the microbial species most present in chronic wounds. Overall, the CTS-PLU-CUR membranes presented suitable properties to act as a new wound healing dressing formulation and in vivo studies should be performed to confirm these benefits. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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