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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Cashew Gum Polysaccharide Nanoparticles Grafted with Polypropylene Glycol as Carriers for Diclofenac Sodium.

Cassio Nazareno Silva da Silva, Maria Carolina Bezerra Di-Medeiros, Luciano Morais Lião, Kátia Flávia Fernandes, Karla de Aleluia Batista

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. 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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4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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 1 country.

Cassio Nazareno Silva da SilvaLaboratório de Química de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB2, Campus Samambaia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, GO, Brazil.
Maria Carolina Bezerra Di-MedeirosLaboratório de Ressonância Nuclear Magnética, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos 13565-905, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5474-9728
Luciano Morais LiãoLaboratório de Ressonância Nuclear Magnética, Campus Samambaia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, GO, Brazil.
Kátia Flávia FernandesLaboratório de Química de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB2, Campus Samambaia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, GO, Brazil.
Karla de Aleluia BatistaLaboratório de Química de Polímeros, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB2, Campus Samambaia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, GO, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás · BRInstituto Federal de Goiás · BRUniversidade Federal de São Carlos · BR

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 426898/2018-4Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Finance Code 001Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás 23143Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2019/16135-9
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This investigation focuses on the development and optimization of cashew gum polysaccharide (CGP) nanoparticles grafted with polypropylene glycol (PPG) as carriers for diclofenac sodium. The optimization of parameters affecting nanoparticles formulation was performed using a central composite rotatable design (CCRD). It was demonstrated that the best formulation was achieved when 10 mg of CGP was mixed with 10 μL of PPG and homogenized at 22,000 rpm for 15 min. The physicochemical characterization evidenced that diclofenac was efficiently entrapped, as increases in the thermal stability of the drug were observed. The CGP-PPG@diclofenac nanoparticles showed a globular shape, with smooth surfaces, a hydrodynamic diameter around 275 nm, a polydispersity index (PDI) of 0.342, and a zeta potential of -5.98 mV. The kinetic studies evidenced that diclofenac release followed an anomalous transport mechanism, with a sustained release up to 68 h. These results indicated that CGP-PPG nanoparticles are an effective material for the loading/release of drugs with similar structures to diclofenac sodium.

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CGPdrug deliveryencapsulationNSAIDpolymeric nanoparticlesrelease

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PMID33922015
PMCPMC8122507
OpenAlexW3155097088

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