C60 Fullerene Loaded Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Beads as a Promising System for Prolonged Drug Release

Publication date: Available online 8 July 2019Source: Carbohydrate PolymersAuthor(s): L.B. Sukhodub, L.F. Sukhodub, M.O. Kumeda, S.V. Prylutska, V. Deineka, Yu. I. Prylutskyy, U. RitterAbstractBioactive composite material in the form of beads, based on natural polysaccharide Chitosan (CS), hydroxyapatite (HA), and C60 fullerene (C60), was synthesized under influence of microwave irradiation (MW). The bead is a 3D matrix consisting of CS macromolecules cross-linked with sodium tripolyphosphate with HA and C60 particles immobilized in its structure. XRD and FTIR data confirmed the formation of calcium deficient carbonate substituted HA with needle-shaped nanocrystallites of about 80 nm. MW does not influence CS structure. C60 enhances the beads shape stability. HPLC studies suggest the (up to 18 days) prolonged release of hydrophobic Anaesthesinum from C60-containing composites. Changing the C60 content allows adjusting the drug release time. The presence of CS and C60 provides the Anaestesinum release profile, according to the calculated correlation coefficient (r = 0.99), close to the zero order kinetic release profile. The inhibition zone test (ZOI) shows the antimicrobial activity of the composites containing 0.004 mg/ml C60 against S. aureus ATCC 25923 and E. coli ATCC 25922 (ZOI 16 ± 1 and 10 ± 2 mm, respectively). Cell viability test indicates no toxicity of 0.3 and 0.15 mg/ml C60-containing composites.Graphical abstract
Source: Carbohydrate Polymers - Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: research