Cross‐Linked Sodium Alginate‐g‐poly(Acrylic Acid) Structure: A Potential Hydrogel Network for Controlled Delivery of Loxoprofen Sodium

• Published in: Advances in polymer technology Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 985 - 995
• Main Authors: Khalid, Ikrima, Ahmad, Mahmood, Usman Minhas, Muhammad, Barkat, Kashif, Sohail, Muhammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Acrylic acid; Acrylics; Ammonium peroxodisulfate; Drug delivery systems; Ethylene glycol; Hydrogel; Hydrogels; Loxoprofen sodium hydrate; pH‐responsive; Porosity; Sodium; Sodium alginate; Stability analysis; Swelling ratio; Thermal stability

A series of sodium alginate‐graft‐poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels (SA‐g‐pAA hydrogels) were synthesized with sodium alginate (SA) and acrylic acid (AA) in aqueous solution, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as a cross‐linker and ammonium peroxodisulfate (APS) as an initiator. Hydrogels were evalua...