Development of electrosprayed mucoadhesive chitosan microparticles - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2018 Jun 15:190:240-247.

doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.02.062. Epub 2018 Feb 24.

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Development of electrosprayed mucoadhesive chitosan microparticles

Jorge Alberto S Moreno et al. Carbohydr Polym. 2018.

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Abstract

The efficacy of chitosan (CS) to be used as drug delivery carrier has previously been reported. However, limited work has been pursued to produce stable and mucoadhesive CS electrosprayed particles for oral drug delivery, which is the aim of this study. Various CS types with different molecular weight (MW), degree of deacetylation (DD), and degree of polymerization (DP) were assessed. In addition, the effect of the solvent composition was also investigated. Results showed that stable CS electrosprayed particles can be produced by dissolving 3% w/v of low MW CS in mixtures of aqueous acetic acid and ethanol (50/50% v/v). The stable CS particles displayed diameters of approximately 1 μm as determined by dynamic light scattering. The zeta potential of these particles was found to be approximately 40 mV confirming the mucoadhesion properties of these CS electrosprayed particles and its potential to be used as drug delivery carrier.

Keywords: Chitosan; Electrohydrodynamics; Electrospray; Microparticles; Mucoadhesion; Polysaccharide.

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