The Evaluation of Fabrication Parameters Process Effect on the Formation of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) Microspheres

• Published in: Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 1465 - 1470
• Main Authors: Bao, Trinh-Quang, Lee, Byong-Taek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Porous PLGA microspheres; Heparin; Drug delivery system
• ISSN: 0253-2964; 1229-5949

In this study, a poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microspheres was fabricated using emulsion solvent evaporation technique. During the procedure fabrication, some parameters process have effected on the formation of micro-carriers. The structure and morphology of micro-carriers were evaluated by SEM observation. Beside, heparin incorporated into microspheres was determined using toluidine blue method. Specifically, the effects of some parameters process such as ultrasonic levels, PLGA concentrations and freeze-dry times on the size, structure, porous formation and heparin entrapment of micro-carriers were studied carefully. We found that, the morphology and structure of carriers were influenced by the all above parameters. The diameter of the carriers varied from 20 to 400 ${\mu}M$ depending on experimental conditions. At suitable freeze-dry time, the pores were automatically formation on surface of microspheres with a significantly in the numbers of pore. After heparin incorporated porous PLGA microspheres, it was suggested that the highly heparin incorporated into porous PLGA microspheres could enhance of angiogenesis for tissue regeneration easily.