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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Synthesis of Microwave Functionalized, Nanostructured Polylactic Co-Glycolic Acid (

Mohammad Saiful Islam, Somenath Mitra

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exploring the pivotal role of hot melt extrusion technology in developing PLGA based novel drug delivery platforms for better therapeutic outcomes.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mohammad Saiful IslamDepartment of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5561-4278
Somenath MitraDepartment of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9650-9180

Funding

Ida C. Fritts Chair 2022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The low solubility and slow dissolution of hydrophobic drugs is a major challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. In this paper, we present the synthesis of surface-functionalized poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles for incorporation into corticosteroid dexamethasone to improve its in vitro dissolution profile. The PLGA crystals were mixed with a strong acid mixture, and their microwave-assisted reaction led to a high degree of oxidation. The resulting nanostructured, functionalized PLGA (

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absorption bioavailabilitydexamethasoneFDA polymerhydrophobic drugin vitro dissolutionmicrowave functionalization

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PMID36903820
PMCPMC10005067

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