Evidence map›Paper›PMID 15338590›Full record

ArticleJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine2004

In vitro release dynamics of insulin from a loaded hydrophilic polymeric network.

A K Bajpai, Smitha Bhanu

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

A K BajpaiBose Memorial Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Government Autonomous Science College, Jabalpur, 482001, MP, India. akbmrl@yahoo.co.in
Smitha Bhanu
Bose (United States) · USNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A hydrophilic semi-interpenetrating polymer network of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and crosslinked polyacrylamide (PAM) chains has been synthesized and its potential for controlled release of macromolecular drugs has been assessed by taking insulin as a representative drug. The semi-IPN was characterized by IR studies and network parameters such as the average molecular weight between crosslinks (Mc), crosslink density (q), and number of elastically effective chains (Ve) were evaluated. The effect of chemical architecture of the IPN was investigated on the percent loading of insulin and its subsequent release from the loaded device. Other parameters such as the thickness of the gel, molecular weight of PEG and pH and temperature of the release medium were also studied for their possible impact on the release of insulin. The whole release data was analyzed by Ficks power law and the influence of various factors on the plausible mechanism of insulin release was investigated.

Indexed as

Biocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsAcrylic ResinsCross-Linking ReagentsDelayed-Action PreparationsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInsulinIn Vitro TechniquesKineticsMaterials TestingMolecular WeightPolyethylene GlycolsPolyvinyl AlcoholSpectrophotometry, InfraredSurface PropertiesAcrylic ResinsBiocompatible MaterialsCross-Linking ReagentsDelayed-Action PreparationsHydrogelsInsulinpolyacrylamide gelsPolyethylene GlycolsPolyvinyl Alcoholpolyvinyl alcohol hydrogel

Identifiers

PMID15338590
OpenAlexW2036510813

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.