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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Polysaccharide κ-Carrageenan as Doping Agent in Conductive Coatings for Electrochemical Controlled Release of Dexamethasone at Therapeutic Doses.

Karla Ramírez Sánchez, Aura Ledezma-Espinoza, Andrés Sánchez-Kopper, Esteban Avendaño-Soto, Mónica Prado, Ricardo Starbird Perez

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Karla Ramírez SánchezCentro de Investigación y de Servicios Químicos y Microbiológicos (CEQIATEC), School of Chemistry, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 159-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0001-5219-9646
Aura Ledezma-EspinozaCentro de Investigación y de Servicios Químicos y Microbiológicos (CEQIATEC), School of Chemistry, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 159-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-0137-4306
Andrés Sánchez-KopperCentro de Investigación y de Servicios Químicos y Microbiológicos (CEQIATEC), School of Chemistry, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 159-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-8469-4366
Esteban Avendaño-SotoCentro de Investigación en Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales (CICIMA), Universidad de Costa Rica, 11501-2060 San José, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-1950-0692
Mónica PradoCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET), Faculty of Microbiology, Universidad de Costa Rica, 11501-2060 San José, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-6827-066X
Ricardo Starbird PerezCentro de Investigación y de Servicios Químicos y Microbiológicos (CEQIATEC), School of Chemistry, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 159-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-0700-0594

Funding

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica 5402-1360-4401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smart conductive materials are developed in regenerative medicine to promote a controlled release profile of charged bioactive agents in the vicinity of implants. The incorporation and the active electrochemical release of the charged compounds into the organic conductive coating is achieved due to its intrinsic electrical properties. The anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone was added during the polymerization, and its subsequent release at therapeutic doses was reached by electrical stimulation. In this work, a Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): κ-carrageenan: dexamethasone film was prepared, and κ-carrageenan was incorporated to keep the electrochemical and physical stability of the electroactive matrix. The presence of κ-carrageenan and dexamethasone in the conductive film was confirmed by µ-Raman spectroscopy and their effect in the topographic was studied using profilometry. The dexamethasone release process was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and High-Resolution mass spectrometry. In conclusion, κ-carrageenan as a doping agent improves the electrical properties of the conductive layer allowing the release of dexamethasone at therapeutic levels by electrochemical stimulation, providing a stable system to be used in organic bioelectronics systems.

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CarrageenanDexamethasoneDrug LiberationDrug StabilityElectric ConductivityElectrochemical TechniquesElectrodesPolymersPolysaccharidesSpectrum AnalysisCarrageenanDexamethasonePolymersPolysaccharidescharged moleculeconductive polymersdexamethasonedoping agentelectrochemical active deliver systempolysaccharideκ-carrageenan

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PMID32375224
PMCPMC7249122

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