Properties of chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) films for drug-controlled release

• Published in: Journal of applied polymer science Vol. 96; no. 3; pp. 808 - 813
• Main Authors: Wang, Qun, Du, Yu-min, Fan, Li-hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 05.05.2005; Wiley
• Subjects: Applied sciences; chitosan; crosslinking; drug delivery systems; Exact sciences and technology; modeling; Natural polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Starch and polysaccharides; drug delivery systems; films; Polymer blends; modeling; Film; Control release polymer; Crosslinking; Drug carrier; Serum albumin; Experimental study; Property processing relationship; In vitro; Protein; Structure processing relationship; Polyvinylalcohol; Morphology; Crosslinked polymer; Oside polymer; Chitosan; Kinetics; Release
• ISSN: 0021-8995; 1097-4628
• DOI: 10.1002/app.21518

With bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model drug, drug‐loaded films of chitosan (CS) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) were obtained by a casting/solvent evaporation method and crosslinked by tripolyphosphate (TPP). The films were characterized by FTIR, XRD, and SEM. The influential factors of drug‐loaded films on drug‐controlled release were studied. These factors included, primarily, the component ratio of CS and PVA, the loaded amount of BSA, the pH and ionic strength of the release solution, and the crosslinking time with TPP. The results showed that within 25 h, when the weight ratios of CS to PVA in the drug‐loaded films were 90 : 10, 70 : 30, 50 : 50, and 30 : 50, the cumulative release rates of BSA were 63.3, 72.9, 81.8, and 91.8%, respectively; when the amounts of model drug were 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 g, the release rates were 100, 81.8, and 59.6%, respectively; when the pH values of the drug release medium were 1.0, 3.8, 5.4, and 7.4, the release rates reached 100, 100, 37.9, and 7.8%, respectively; the cumulative release rates of BSA were 78.4, 82.3, 84.3, and 91.7% when the ionic strengths of the release solution were, respectively, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4M; when the crosslinking times of these drug films in the TPP solution were 0, 5, 15, 30, and 60 min, the release rates attained 100, 100, 81.8, 65, and 43.3%, respectively. All the results indicated that the CS/PVA film was useful in drug delivery systems. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 96: 808–813, 2005