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ArticlePolymers2017

Design of a Versatile pH-Responsive Hydrogel for Potential Oral Delivery of Gastric-Sensitive Bioactives.

Angus R Hibbins, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Pierre P D Kondiah, Thashree Marimuthu, Lisa C Du Toit, Viness Pillay

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Article in Polymers, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Applications of Hydrogels in Emergency Therapy.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Refillable silicone pump with precise switching for timed therapeutic delivery.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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  9. Mucoadhesive carriers for oral drug delivery.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2022
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angus R HibbinsWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutics Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa. ahibbins@yahoo.com.
Pradeep KumarWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutics Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa. pradeep.kumar@wits.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-8640-4350
Yahya E ChoonaraWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutics Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa. yahya.choonara@wits.ac.za.
Pierre P D KondiahWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutics Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa. pierre.kondiah@wits.ac.za.
Thashree MarimuthuWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutics Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa. thashree.marimuthu@wits.ac.za.
Lisa C Du ToitWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutics Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa. lisa.dutoit@wits.ac.za.
Viness PillayWits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Therapeutics Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa. viness.pillay@wits.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-8119-3347
University of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pH-responsive hydrogel system was prepared by free radical polymerization of acrylamide and methyl acrylic acid in the presence of

Indexed as

acrylamide (Aam)free radical polymerizationmethacrylic acid (MAA)pH-responsive hydrogelstimuli-responsive drug delivery

Identifiers

PMID30965777
PMCPMC6418787
OpenAlexW2760576732

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