Mechanical, Rheological and Release Behaviors of a Poloxamer 407/Poloxamer 188/Carbopol 940 Thermosensitive Composite Hydrogel

Molecules

Jianping Chen¹  Rong Zhou¹  Lin Li¹  Bing Li¹  Xia Zhang¹ 

[1] College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China;

关键词: thermosensitive composite hydrogel;    phase transition temperature;    mechanical properties;    rheological properties;    release behavior;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules181012415

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The aims of this study were to prepare a thermosensitive composite hydrogel (TCH) by mixing 24% (w/v) poloxamer 407 (P407), 16% (w/v) poloxamer 188 (P188) and 0.1% (w/v) carbopol 940 (C940), and to determine the effect of natural borneol/ (2-hydroxypropyl)-β-cyclodextrin (NB/HP-β-CD) inclusion complex on the phase transition temperature, mechanical, rheological properties, and release behaviors of the TCH using the tube inversion method, a texture analyzer, a rheometer, and in vitro release , respectively. The results showed that as the concentration of NB/HP-β-CD increased, the phase transition temperature of the TCH was increased from 37.26 to 38.34 °C and the mechanical properties of the TCH showed that the hardness, cohesiveness, strength, and adhesiveness were increased from 0.025 to 0.064 kg, 0.022 to 0.064 kg, 0.110 to 0.307 kg and 0.036 to 0.105 kg, respectively, but the rheological properties of the TCH showed that G′, G′′ and η were decreased from 7,760 to 157.50 Pa, 1,274 to 36.28 Pa and 1,252 to 25.37 Pas, respectively. The in vitro release showed that an increasing NB/HP-β-CD concentration decreased the release rate of NB from the TCH, but the amount of NB released was more than 96% at 60 min, which showed the TCH had good release behavior.

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