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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 217-222Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.12.037
Keywords
Chitosan; Carboxymethyl cashew gum; Molar mass; BSA release; Polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC)
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- Rede Nanoglicobiotec/CNPq
- CAPES/PRODOC
- CENAURMN
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Chitosan/carboxymethyl cashew gum microspheres (CH/CMCG) were prepared with carboxymethyl cashew gum with two different degrees Of Substitution (DS) and loaded with bovine serum albumin (BSA). In water, for microspheres formed using low molar mass chitosan (LCH) sample swelling was observed for both CMCG samples and CMCG sample with higher DS showed greater swelling. Using high molar mass chitosan (HCH) sample swelling was observed only for microsphere with high DS of CMCG (DS = 0.44). At pH 7.4, the HCH sample led to a lower degree of swelling. The diffusion coefficients D, were higher for the higher DS of CMCG in both media and the HCH sample had a lower D-v than LCH one. Faster BSA release rates were observed for beads prepared with the higher DS, whereas those prepared with DS = 0.16 took twice the time to reach similar release profiles. All microsphere systems investigated had a non-Fickian BSA release mechanism. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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