Hui Yun Zhou

Glycerophosphate-based chitosan thermosensitive hydrogels and their biomedical applications

Chitosan is non-toxic, biocompatible and biodegradable polysaccharide composed of glucosamine and derived by deacetylation of chitin. Chitosan thermosensitive hydrogel has been developed to form a gel in situ, precluding the need for surgical implantation. In this review, the recent advances in chitosan thermosensitive hydrogels based on different glycerophosphate are summarized. The hydrogel is prepared with chitosan and β-glycerophosphate or αβ-glycerophosphate which is liquid at room temperature and transits into gel as temperature increases. The gelation mechanism may involve multiple interactions between chitosan, glycerophosphate, and water. The solution behavior, rheological and physicochemical properties, and gelation process of the hydrogel are affected not only by the molecule weight, deacetylation degree, and concentration of chitosan, but also by the kind and concentration of glycerophosphate. The properties and the three-dimensional networks of the hydrogel offer them wide applications in biomedical field including local drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Biocompatibility study of theophylline/chitosan/β-cyclodextrin microspheres as pulmonary delivery carriers

To evaluate the biocompatibility of the theophylline/chitosan/β-cyclodextrin microspheres, which has a potential application in pulmonary delivery system. The detection of LDH and protein in BALF was examined acute cell toxicity, hemolysis test was carried out to estimate blood toxicity; Micronucleus Test was reckoned to identify genotoxicity, MTT assay was used to evaluate in vitro cytotoxicity, and muscle implantation investigated the tissue biocompatibility. The results demonstrated that the total contents of protein and LDH in BALF were not significantly different from that of normal group. The experiments showed that the cytotoxicity was depended on the concentration and had no cytoxicity at low concentration and no hemolysis activity. The micronucleus frequency of MS B was 0.99‰, which showed no genotoxic effects either. The results of implantation showed that the microspheres had no effect on hemoglobin and no toxicity in the liver and kidney. The inflammations of muscle tissue were not significantly different from that of operative suture, therefore, the MS B possess high good biocompatibility and can be applied in pulmonary sustained release systems.

Chitosan/Cellulose Acetate Microspheres Preparation and Ranitidine Release In Vitro

New microspheres containing hydrophilic core and hydrophobic coating as a controlled-release system with no toxic reagents were proposed. Water in oil in water (W/O/W) emulsion and solvent evaporation methods were used to make chitosan/cellulose acetate (CCA) microspheres sized 200–400 µm. Ranitidine hydrochloride, as a model drug, was investigated for its release properties in vitro. The loading efficiency and release rate of ranitidine were affected by chitosan concentration and molecular weight. Higher loadings were obtained at lower concentrations in the interval of 1% to 2%. With chitosan at a 2% concentration microspheres could be obtained with more spherical appearance, smaller size, and higher ranitidine loading efficiency microspheres than at other concentrations. Among the different molecular weight chitosan (47, 145, 308, 499, and 1130 KD) microspheres, the high molecular weight chitosan (1130 KD) microspheres had relatively high loading efficiency (10%). Molecular weight and concentration of chitosan as well as the size of microspheres affected the release of ranitidine. Microspheres smaller than 280 µm released the drug faster than did the bigger by about 10%. The optimal condition for the preparation of the microspheres was chitosan concentration 2%, molecular weight 1130 KD. The ranitidine release from the microspheres was 30% during 48 h in phosphate-buffer saline medium.

Cellulose Acetate/Chitosan Multimicrospheres Preparation and Ranitidine Hydrochloride Release In Vitro

A noval cellulose acetate/chitosan multimicrospheres (CACM) was prepared by the method of w/o/w emulsion. The concentration of cellulose acetate (CA) and the ratio of CA/chitosan (CS) had influence on the CACM size, and appearance. Ranitidine hydrochloride loading, and releasing efficiency in vitro were investigated. The optimal condition for preparation of the microspheres was CA concentration at 2% and the ratio of CA/CS at 3/1. The microspheres size was 200–350 μm. The appearance of microspheres was spherical, porous, and nonaggregated. The highest loading efficiency was 21%. The ranitidine release from the CACM was 40% during 48 hr in buffers.

Material Basis of Germination of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge Seeds

This study was carried out to find material basis of which effect germination rate of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge seeds in different years and in different areas. The results can be used in quality identification and advising storage conditions. Routine method were used to study the basic qualities, such as physical purity, weight of 100 seeds, seed moisture and germination. GC-MS were used to detect fatty acids and UV spectrophotometer was used to detect reducing sugar. The germination and viability of new seeds were much higher than that of aged. Weight of 100 seeds, seed moisture, fatty acids of same origin new seeds were higher than that of aged. However there was no correlation between different areas. Content of reducing sugar of same origin new seeds were higher than that of aged, also there were no correlation between different areas. Unsaturated fatty acids content of the new seeds was 80.90% which was much higher than that of aged. Linoleic acid was the main Unsaturated fatty acids. Saturated fatty acid content was 19.10% which was much lower than that of aged. Palmitic acid was the main saturated fatty acids. Data showed that unsaturated acids were auto oxidized to saturated acids in the process of storage. Germination rate was decreased as storage time prolonged.

Complexs of Poly(1-vinylimidazole-co-methyl methacrylate) and Copper Ion as Catalysts for the Oxidation of Ethylbenzene

This paper was reported a polymeric support metal catalyst and its application in oxidation of ethylbenzene with molecular oxygen. The Poly(1-vinylimidazole-co-methyl methacrylate) copolymer (PVM) was directly mixed with copper sulfate solution to prepare the catalyst of Cu(II)-PVM. The appropriate reaction temperature and amount of catalyst were 130°C and 0.2g. Recycling studies indicated that the catalyst could be recycled at least four times without significant decrease of catalytic activity.

Chitosan Cellulose Acetate Microspheres Preparation for Enhancement of Water-soluble Dye Adsorption

Chitosan/cellulose acetate multimicrospheres (CCAM) were prepared by the method of W/O/W emulsion with no toxic reagents and had the size interval of 200--280µm. It was investigated as an ideal alternative to enhancement the adsorption of water-soluble dyes from wastewater. The correlation coefficients of adsorption isotherm showed that the Freundlich model was comparable to the Langmuir model. The 1/n was lower than 1.0, indicating that malachite green was favorably adsorbed by CCAM. Furthermore, the amount of malachite green absorbed steeply increased with increasing time and reached plateau values within 2 h and increased with increasing of initial concentration of malachite green from 5 to 25 mg/g.

Preparation, Cytotoxicity and Degradability of Chitosan-Based Thermosensitive Hydrogels as Drug Delivery System

A new thermosensitive hydrogel had been prepared that could be transformed into gel at 37 °C from chitosan and a mixture of α- and β-glycerophosphate (αβ-GP). The appearance of hydrogel was compact and corrugated. There was little granule in the appearance of gel loaded with adriamycin and the granules might be crystals of the added model drug. In vitro cytotoxicity of the hydrogel was tested by the MTT method using mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF). MEF cultured with leachates of CS-αβ-GP were investigated and the relative growth rate (RGR) was calculated and the cytotoxicity was graded by generally accepted standard. The study of in vitro degradation of CS-αβ-GP hydrogels included hydrolysis and degradation by lysozyme. The CS-αβ-GP thermosensitive hydrogel was degradable in vitro and the degradation rate was faster in lysozyme solution than that in the medium of PBS. So the CS-αβ-GP system had good cell biocompatibility and biodegradability which provided possibilities and foundations for the further research.