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Controlled release of theophylline through semi-interpenetrating network microspheres of chitosan-(dextran-g-acrylamide)

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Semi-interpenetrating network microspheres of chitosan-(dextran-g-acrylamide) were prepared by emulsion-crosslinking method using glutaraldehyde (GA) as a crosslinking agent. Graft copolymerization of dextran with acrylamide (Dx-g-AAm) was carried out by aqueous free-radical polymerization using ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) as initiator. The grafting efficiency was found to be 92%. Theophylline (TH), antiasthmatic drug, was successfully encapsulated into semi-INP microspheres by varying the ratio of Dx-g-AAm and amount of GA. The laser light scattering technique shows that the particles size increased with increasing amount of graft copolymer and decrease with increasing amount of GA. The % encapsulation efficiency was found to vary between 50 and 78. MPs were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques to confirm the graft copolymer, formation of semi-IPN structure of MPs and molecular distribution of the drug molecules in the polymer matrix. In vitro release studies of TH from these matrices have been investigated at Ph 1.2 and 7.4 media and the slow release were extended up to 18 h at 37°C. The release rates were fitted to an empirical equation to estimate the diffusion exponent n, which indicated that the release from the MPs follows non-Fickian type.

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Al-Kahtani, A.A., Sherigara, B.S. Controlled release of theophylline through semi-interpenetrating network microspheres of chitosan-(dextran-g-acrylamide). J Mater Sci: Mater Med 20, 1437–1445 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-009-3704-6

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