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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Guar-Based Injectable Hydrogel for Drug Delivery and In Vitro Bone Cell Growth.

Humendra Poudel, Ambar B RanguMagar, Pooja Singh, Adeolu Oluremi, Nawab Ali, Fumiya Watanabe, Joseph Batta-Mpouma, Jin Woo Kim, Ahona Ghosh, Anindya Ghosh

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Article in Bioengineering (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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4citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Humendra PoudelDepartment of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA.
Ambar B RanguMagarDepartment of Chemistry, Philander Smith University, 900 W Daisy L Gatson Bates Dr, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA.
Pooja SinghDepartment of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA.
Adeolu OluremiDepartment of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA.
Nawab AliDepartment of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA.
Fumiya WatanabeCenter for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA.
Joseph Batta-MpoumaDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Bell Engineering Center, University of Arkansas, 4183 Fayetteville, Little Rock, AR 72701, USA.
Jin Woo KimDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Bell Engineering Center, University of Arkansas, 4183 Fayetteville, Little Rock, AR 72701, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7119-8208
Ahona GhoshDepartment of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA.
Anindya GhoshDepartment of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock · USUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville · USPhilander Smith College · US

Funding

Understanding Hesitant AdoptersP20GM103429 · NIGMS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI Lawrence E Cornett, JERRY WARE · 2012 to 2026
$60.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Injectable hydrogels offer numerous advantages in various areas, which include tissue engineering and drug delivery because of their unique properties such as tunability, excellent carrier properties, and biocompatibility. These hydrogels can be administered with minimal invasiveness. In this study, we synthesized an injectable hydrogel by rehydrating lyophilized mixtures of guar adamantane (Guar-ADI) and poly-β-cyclodextrin (p-βCD) in a solution of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) maintained at pH 7.4. The hydrogel was formed via host-guest interaction between modified guar (Guar-ADI), obtained by reacting guar gum with 1-adamantyl isocyanate (ADI) and p-βCD. Comprehensive characterization of all synthesized materials, including the hydrogel, was performed using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and rheology. The in vitro drug release study demonstrated the hydrogel's efficacy in controlled drug delivery, exemplified by the release of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and anastrozole, both of which followed first-order kinetics. Furthermore, the hydrogel displayed excellent biocompatibility and served as an ideal scaffold for promoting the growth of mouse osteoblastic MC3T3 cells as evidenced by the in vitro biocompatibility study.

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bone tissue engineeringdrug deliverydrug release kineticsinjectable hydrogelmodified natural polymer

Identifiers

PMID37760190
PMCPMC10525255
OpenAlexW4386777851

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