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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Tragacanth Gum/Chitosan Polyelectrolyte Complexes-Based Hydrogels Enriched with Xanthan Gum as Promising Materials for Buccal Application.

Joanna Potaś, Emilia Szymańska, Anna Basa, Anita Hafner, Katarzyna Winnicka

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Joanna PotaśDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland.
Emilia SzymańskaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0355-8598
Anna BasaDepartment of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2331-1779
Anita HafnerDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Zagreb, Domagojeva 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Katarzyna WinnickaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1013-610X
Medical University of Białystok · PLUniversity of Białystok · PLUniversity of Zagreb · HR

Funding

Medical University of Bialystok Medical University of Bialystok grant SUB/2/DN/20/002/2215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyelectrolyte complexes based on the electrostatic interactions between the polymers mixed are of increasing importance, therefore, the aim of this study was to develop hydrogels composed of anionic tragacanth gum and cationic chitosan with or without the addition of anionic xanthan gum as carriers for buccal drug delivery. Besides the routine quality tests evaluating the hydrogel's applicability on the buccal mucosa, different methods directed toward the assessment of the interpolymer complexation process (e.g., turbidity or zeta potential analysis, scanning electron microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy) were employed. The addition of xanthan gum resulted in stronger complexation of chitosan that affected the hydrogel's characteristics. The formation of a more viscous PEC hydrogel with improved mucoadhesiveness and mechanical strength points out the potential of such polymer combination in the development of buccal drug dosage forms.

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buccal deliverychitosanhydrogelpolyelectrolyte complextragacanth gumxanthan gum

Identifiers

PMID33375434
PMCPMC7795759
OpenAlexW3115229254

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