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ArticlePolymers2022

Effect of Tamarind Gum on the Properties of Phase-Separated Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films.

Madhusmita Rawooth, S K Habibullah, Dilshad Qureshi, Deepti Bharti, Ankit Pal, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Maciej Jarzębski, Wojciech Smułek, Kunal Pal

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Article in Polymers, 2022. 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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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Madhusmita RawoothDepartment of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 769008, Odisha, India.
S K HabibullahDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Pharmacy and Technology, Salipur, Cuttack 754202, Odisha, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3646-7177
Dilshad QureshiDepartment of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 769008, Odisha, India.
Deepti BhartiDepartment of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 769008, Odisha, India.
Ankit PalDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Pharmacy and Technology, Salipur, Cuttack 754202, Odisha, India.
Biswaranjan MohantyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Pharmacy and Technology, Salipur, Cuttack 754202, Odisha, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3793-7668
Maciej JarzębskiDepartment of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-637 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9832-9274
Wojciech SmułekInstitute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-695 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5377-9933
Kunal PalDepartment of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 769008, Odisha, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4618-8809
National Institute of Technology Rourkela · INPoznań University of Technology · PLUniversity of Life Sciences in Poznań · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study aims to evaluate the effect of tamarind gum (TG) on the optical, mechanical, and drug release potential of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based films. This involves preparing PVA-TG composite films with different concentrations of TG through a simple solvent casting method. The addition of TG has enhanced the phase separation and aggregation of PVA within the films, and it becomes greater with the increase in TG concentration. Brightfield and polarized light micrographs have revealed that aggregation is favored by forming crystalline domains at the PVA-TG interface. The interconnected network of PVA-TG aggregates influenced the swelling and drying properties of the films. Using Peleg's analysis, the mechanical behavior of films was determined by their stress relaxation profiles. The addition of TG has made no significant changes to the firmness and viscoelastic properties of films. However, long-durational relaxation times indicated that the interconnected network might break down in films with higher TG concentration, suggesting their brittleness. The controlled release of ciprofloxacin in HCl solution (0.5% (

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composite filmsdrug releasephase separationpoly(vinyl alcohol)solvent castingtamarind gum

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PMID35890569
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