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ArticlePolymers2021

Casein Micelles as Nanocarriers for Benzydamine Delivery.

Nikolay Zahariev, Maria Marudova, Sophia Milenkova, Yordanka Uzunova, Bissera Pilicheva

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors.

Nikolay ZaharievDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15A Vassil Aprilov Blvd, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-4508-8443
Maria MarudovaFaculty of Physics and Technology, University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", 24 Tsar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Sophia MilenkovaFaculty of Physics and Technology, University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", 24 Tsar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Yordanka UzunovaResearch Institute, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15A Vassil Aprilov Blvd, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-6423-5998
Bissera PilichevaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15A Vassil Aprilov Blvd, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5737-536X

Funding

Bulgarian Science Fund KP-06-N38/3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present work was to optimize the process parameters of the nano spray drying technique for the formulation of benzydamine-loaded casein nanoparticles and to investigate the effect of some process variables on the structural and morphological characteristics and release behavior. The obtained particles were characterized in terms of particle size and size distribution, surface morphology, production yield and encapsulation efficiency, drug-polymer compatibility, etc., using dynamic light scattering, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy. Production yields of the blank nanoparticles were significantly influenced by the concentration of both casein and the crosslinking agent. The formulated drug-loaded nanoparticles had an average particle size of 135.9 nm to 994.2 nm. Drug loading varied from 16.02% to 57.41% and the encapsulation efficiency was in the range 34.61% to 78.82%. Our study has demonstrated that all the investigated parameters depended greatly on the polymer/drug ratio and the drug release study confirmed the feasibility of the developed nanocarriers for prolonged delivery of benzydamine.

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benzydaminebiopolymerscaseindrug deliverynano micellesnanoparticlesnano spray drying

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PMID34960907
PMCPMC8704402

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