Hydrogel as a Novel Drug Delivery System: Recent Advancements and Patents

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Singh ◽  
Surya Goel ◽  
Pankaj Kumar Sharma ◽  
Abhinav Agarwal

Background: A semisolid gel-like preparation constitutes with the cross-linked polymers may easily swell in the presence of water and incorporate the amount of drug substance known as ‘Hydrogel.’ Objective: To prepare the review on the hydrogels, leading ennoblements, classification, mechanism, recent patents, and evaluation parameters. Methods: This review accrued by taking the help of online and offline journals, books, and other sources. This field includes new developments in the field of inventions in the novel drug delivery of hydrogels. Results: The impact of the formulation of hydrogels is attracting the focus of the researchers expeditiously because of their nature, three-dimensional structure, compatibility with the other excipients was found enormously useful in the biomedical applications and pharmaceutical industries, less time consuming, better sustained and prolonged the effect. Currently, hydrogels growing expeditiously for the intensive work done by the use of natural, synthetic, and semi-synthetic polymers for the transformation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs into hydrogels as compared to develop the conventional gels. Conclusion: The journey of hydrogel goes through with the numerous inventions research papers, reports, publications, and many other sources. The development arouses with the hydrogels in the use of wound dressing, making diapers, contact lens, etc. Now a day it’s pivotally growing in the field of tissue engineering scaffolds, preparation of hydrophobic drugs into hydrogels which is a critical challenge in prompt conditions.

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Hina Shoukat ◽  
Sobia Noreen ◽  
Saima Asghar

Hyrogels are cariers of novel drug delievry system and these polymeric network have ability to hold large amount of water but they do not dissolve in water .These polymeric network may be crosslinked either through chemical or physical crosslinking method. Without changing their three dimensional structure hydrogels undergo the swelling mechanism Hydrogels are used as drug delivery carriers because of their distinctive properties. They have three dimensional configurations and have water soluble cross linked network of polymers .Hydrogels have porous structure and by changing the cross linker concentration we can modify their affinity for water. Because of their unique properties these are used for various medical purposes like cellular immobilization , tissue engineering ,diagnostics and regenerative medicines.


2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Lalita El Milla

Scaffolds is three dimensional structure that serves as a framework for bone growth. Natural materials are often used in synthesis of bone tissue engineering scaffolds with respect to compliance with the content of the human body. Among the materials used to make scafffold was hydroxyapatite, alginate and chitosan. Hydroxyapatite powder obtained by mixing phosphoric acid and calcium hydroxide, alginate powders extracted from brown algae and chitosan powder acetylated from crab. The purpose of this study was to examine the functional groups of hydroxyapatite, alginate and chitosan. The method used in this study was laboratory experimental using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for hydroxyapatite, alginate and chitosan powders. The results indicated the presence of functional groups PO43-, O-H and CO32- in hydroxyapatite. In alginate there were O-H, C=O, COOH and C-O-C functional groups, whereas in chitosan there were O-H, N-H, C=O, C-N, and C-O-C. It was concluded that the third material containing functional groups as found in humans that correspond to the scaffolds material in bone tissue engineering.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhukar Garg ◽  
Anju Goyal ◽  
Sapna Kumari

: Cubosomes are highly stable nanostructured liquid crystalline dosage delivery form derived from amphiphilic lipids and polymer-based stabilizers converting it in a form of effective biocompatible carrier for the drug delivery. The delivery form comprised of bicontinuous lipid bilayers arranged in three dimensional honeycombs like structure provided with two internal aqueous channels for incorporation of number of biologically active ingredients. In contrast liposomes they provide large surface area for incorporation of different types of ingredients. Due to the distinct advantages of biocompatibility and thermodynamic stability, cubosomes have remained the first preference as method of choice in the sustained release, controlled release and targeted release dosage forms as new drug delivery system for the better release of the drugs. As lot of advancement in the new form of dosage form has bring the novel avenues in drug delivery mechanisms so it was matter of worth to compile the latest updates on the various aspects of mentioned therapeutic delivery system including its structure, routes of applications along with the potential applications to encapsulate variety drugs to serve health related benefits.


Amino Acids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (10-12) ◽  
pp. 1409-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Grassi ◽  
Chiara Cabrele

Abstract Peptides and proteins are preponderantly emerging in the drug market, as shown by the increasing number of biopharmaceutics already approved or under development. Biomolecules like recombinant monoclonal antibodies have high therapeutic efficacy and offer a valuable alternative to small-molecule drugs. However, due to their complex three-dimensional structure and the presence of many functional groups, the occurrence of spontaneous conformational and chemical changes is much higher for peptides and proteins than for small molecules. The characterization of biotherapeutics with modern and sophisticated analytical methods has revealed the presence of contaminants that mainly arise from oxidation- and elimination-prone amino-acid side chains. This review focuses on protein chemical modifications that may take place during storage due to (1) oxidation (methionine, cysteine, histidine, tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine), (2) intra- and inter-residue cyclization (aspartic and glutamic acid, asparagine, glutamine, N-terminal dipeptidyl motifs), and (3) β-elimination (serine, threonine, cysteine, cystine) reactions. It also includes some examples of the impact of such modifications on protein structure and function.


2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 3372-3378
Author(s):  
Alexander Gress ◽  
Olga V Kalinina

Abstract Motivation In proteins, solvent accessibility of individual residues is a factor contributing to their importance for protein function and stability. Hence one might wish to calculate solvent accessibility in order to predict the impact of mutations, their pathogenicity and for other biomedical applications. A direct computation of solvent accessibility is only possible if all atoms of a protein three-dimensional structure are reliably resolved. Results We present SphereCon, a new precise measure that can estimate residue relative solvent accessibility (RSA) from limited data. The measure is based on calculating the volume of intersection of a sphere with a cone cut out in the direction opposite of the residue with surrounding atoms. We propose a method for estimating the position and volume of residue atoms in cases when they are not known from the structure, or when the structural data are unreliable or missing. We show that in cases of reliable input structures, SphereCon correlates almost perfectly with the directly computed RSA, and outperforms other previously suggested indirect methods. Moreover, SphereCon is the only measure that yields accurate results when the identities of amino acids are unknown. A significant novel feature of SphereCon is that it can estimate RSA from inter-residue distance and contact matrices, without any information about the actual atom coordinates. Availability and implementation https://github.com/kalininalab/spherecon. Contact [email protected] Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.


MRS Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (29) ◽  
pp. 2155-2160
Author(s):  
Eri A. Takami ◽  
Folarin Erogbogbo

ABSTRACTLipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles (LPHN) have great potential as drug delivery devices for treatment of serious medical issues such as cardiovascular disease, tuberculosis, and cancer. Nanoprecipitation is a commonly used method to synthesize LPHN in a low cost manner. However, this multi-step process proves to be difficult in consistently producing uniformly sized nanoparticles. Here we developed a microfluidic device that utilizes a three-channel pathway and mixer channel to synthesize uniformly sized LPHN in a controlled manner. Dynamic light scattering results of the microfluidic synthesized nanoparticles show decrease in diameter size from 140 nm to 40 nm as the Reynolds number of the channel inflow increases. Transmission electron microscopy confirms the size and morphology of the nanoparticles. Three dimensional structure of the LPHN were observed using atomic force microscopy. The production of higher quality nanoparticles using our microfluidics device can expedite the research and development process of drug delivering lipid polymer nanoparticles.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 1650052 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. ALI ABBAS ◽  
Y. Q. BAI ◽  
M. M. RASHIDI ◽  
M. M. BHATTI

In this paper, we have studied the application of drug delivery in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) peristaltic blood flow of nanofluid in a non-uniform channel. The governing equation of motion and nanoparticles are modeled under the consideration of creeping flow and long wavelength. The resulting non-linear coupled differential equation is solved with the help of perturbation. Numerical Integration has been used to obtain the results for pressure rise and friction forces. The impact of various pertinent parameters on temperature profile, concentration profile such as density Grashof number, thermal Grashof number, Brownian motion parameter, thermophoresis parameter and MHD is demonstrated mathematically and graphically. The present analysis is also applicable for three-dimensional profile.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadi Han ◽  
Xiaofeng Shen ◽  
Sihao Chen ◽  
Xiuhui Wang ◽  
Juan Du ◽  
...  

The challenge of effectively regenerating bone tissue through tissue engineering technology is that most tissue engineering scaffolds cannot imitate the three-dimensional structure and function of the natural extracellular matrix. Herein, we have prepared the poly(L-lactic acid)–based dual bioactive component reinforced nanofiber mats which were named as poly(L-lactic acid)/bovine serum albumin/nanohydroxyapatite (PLLA/BSA/nHAp) with dual bioactive components by combining homogeneous blending and electrospinning technology. The results showed that these nanofiber mats had sufficient mechanical properties and a porous structure suitable for cell growth and migration. Furthermore, the results of cell experiments in vitro showed that PLLA/BSA/nHAp composite nanofiber mat could preferably stimulate the proliferation of mouse osteoblastic cells (MC3T3 cells) compared with pure PLLA nanofiber mats. Based on these results, the scaffolds developed in this study are considered to have a great potential to be adhibited as bone repair materials.


10.14311/1450 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Petráková

This paper presents work done on developing optically-traceable intracellular nanodiamond sensors, where the photoluminescence can be changed by a biomolecular attachment/delivery event. Their high biocompatibility, small size and stable luminescence from their color centers make nanodiamond (ND) particles an attractive alternative to molecular dyes for drug-delivery and cell-imaging applications. In our work, we study how surface modification of ND can change the color of ND luminescence (PL). This method can be used as a novel detection tool for remote monitoring of chemical processes in biological systems. Recently, we showed that PL can be driven by atomic functionalization, leading to a change in the color of ND luminescence from red (oxidized ND) to orange (hydrogenated ND). In this work, we show how PL of ND changes similarly when interacting with positively and negatively charged molecules. The effect is demonstrated on fluorinated ND, where the high dipole moment of the C-F bond is favorable for the formation of non-covalent bonds with charged molecules. We model this effect using electrical potential changes at the diamond surface. The final aim of the work is to develop a “smart” optically traceable drug carrier, where the delivery event is optically detectable.


Author(s):  
Supriya Nikam ◽  
Abhilasha Ghule ◽  
Akash Inde ◽  
Anjali Jambhulkar

The Ocular drug delivery system (ODDS) is the prominently challenging system faced by pharmaceutical researchers. Ophthalmic preparations are available in buffered, sterile and isotonic solutions. For the ocular delivery of drugs, various types of dosage forms are prepared and dispensed. As the drops are easier for the administration likewise more prescribed dosage form is the eye drop solution. For obtaining prolonged therapeutic effect ointment, suspensions and gelled systems are also used. The presence of various barriers as anatomical, physiological and physiochemical barriers makes difficulties in delivery of drugs in at the intended sites. Scientists invented alternate delivery routes to direct access at intended target sites. Second invention involves development of novel drug delivery systems providing better permeability, treatability and controlled release at target site. The liposomal delivery is beneficial because they have the ability of envelopment and both hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs are suitable for delivery to both the anterior and posterior segment of the eye. Therefore, the uses of this alternative approach become quite a necessary. This formulation of novel devices will definitely help to the overcome ocular barriers and side effects with conventional topical drops. Current reviews on the conventional formulations of ocular delivery and their advancements followed by current nanotechnology based on the formulation developments. The recent incident with other ocular drug delivery planning consists of in situ gels, implants, contact lens and nano wafers are discussed. Drug delivery at ophthalmic route has been proven significant advancement for the future perspectives.


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