Baccharis dracunculifolia extract-loaded chitosan nanoparticles: development, physicochemical characterization and cytotoxicity evaluation/ Extrato de Baccharis dracunculifolia encapsulado em nanopartículas de quitosana: desenvolvimento, caracterização físico-química e avaliação da citotoxicidade

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 72010-72022
Author(s):  
Thalita Dias de Oliveira ◽  
Lorena Rodrigues Riani ◽  
Mirsiane Pascoal Costa ◽  
Rodrigo Luiz Fabri ◽  
Jorge Willian Leandro Nascimento ◽  
...  

Nesse estudo investigamos a adequabilidade da encapsulação do extrato em acetato de etila do ápice foliar de Baccharis dracunculifolia(BdAA) (Asteraceae), uma planta medicinal brasileira com promissoras aplicações farmacêuticas, em nanopartículas de quitosana (BdAA-Qui). As nanopartículas foram desenvolvidas pelo método de gelificação iônica e caracterizadas em relação ao diâmetro hidrodinâmico médio (DHm), índice de polidispersividade (IP), potencial zeta (PZ), eficiência de encapsulação (EE), com quantificação do Artepillin C, marcador químico do extrato, por CLAE-DAD, morfologia (por microscopia eletrônica de transmissão – MET) e citotoxicidade em linhagem celular de fibroblastos (L929). As BdAA-Qui apresentaram DHm superior às nanopartículas controle (sem o extrato). Esse pode ser considerado o primeiro indício da ocorrência da encapsulação dos constituintes do extrato na matriz polimérica das nanopartículas. Além disso, o IP obtido apresentou valor próximo a de sistemas monodispersos. Essa característica foi comprovada pelas imagens de MET. O valor de PZ positivo (20,4±0,85 mV) é característico da protonação da molécula de quitosana e pode implicar em estabilidade satisfatória das nanopartículas desenvolvidas. Ainda, esse valor foi semelhante àquele obtido para as nanopartículas controle, o que pode sugerir que os constituintes do extrato estejam no interior da nanopartícula e não adsorvidos em sua superfície. Em relação à EE, encontramos um valor elevado (cerca de 85%). Esse dado pode ser devido à interação eletrostática entre a quitosana e o Artepillin C (pka 4.65), o qual encontra-se prioritariamente sob a forma ionizada no pH padronizado para o preparo das nanopartículas (4.7). Por fim, a formulação desenvolvida não alterou a viabilidade das células durante o período de exposição (24 ou 48h). Esse dado preliminar é particularmente importante para garantir a segurança de uso do extrato encapsulado em nanopartículas de quitosana. Pelo exposto, o carreador escolhido mostrou-se adequado para encapsular o extrato BdAA visando futuras aplicações farmacêuticas.

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwa M. El-Naggar ◽  
Wael S. I. Abou-Elmagd ◽  
Ashraf Suloma ◽  
Hamza A. El-Shabaka ◽  
Magdy T. Khalil ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 283 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. López-León ◽  
E.L.S. Carvalho ◽  
B. Seijo ◽  
J.L. Ortega-Vinuesa ◽  
D. Bastos-González

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1131-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Asad Khan ◽  
Md. Zafaryab ◽  
Syed H. Mehdi ◽  
Irfan Ahmad ◽  
Md. Moshahid A. Rizvi

Background: Curcumin is a potent anticancer agent and has great potential efficacy against different types of cancers. A major disadvantage of curcumin, however, is its poor solubility and bioavailability. Objective: The aim of the present work is to synthesize chitosan and curcumin-loaded chitosan nanoparticles and their characterization through various physicochemical methods and cellular uptake in cervical cancer cell line SiHa. Method: Chitosan nanoparticles were synthesized through the method of ionic gelation of chitosan with sodium Tripolyphosphate (TPP). In addition, the internal structure of chitosan nanoparticles and curcumin loaded chitosan nanoparticles were characterized by DLS, UV-Visible spectrophotometer, DSC, LCMS and LDH assay. Results: The studies presented demonstrate that curcumin-loaded chitosan nanoparticles showed increased uptake in the SiHa cells as compared to free curcumin and chitosan nanoparticles did not show any significant uptake in SiHa cell line. The curcumin-loaded chitosan nanoparticles released more lactate and lower ATP as compared to native curcumin in cervical cancer lines such as SiHa, CaSki and HeLa. Conclusion: Thus, chitosan based curcumin nanoparticles could be used as a potent vector / delivery agent for drug targeting in the treatment of cervical cancer.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (25) ◽  
pp. 20892-20900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhua Wu ◽  
Liping Wang ◽  
Yaqin Hu ◽  
Shiguo Chen ◽  
Donghong Liu ◽  
...  

To improve the availability of citrus essential oil (CEOs), nanoemulsions based on chitosan nanoparticles loaded with CEOs were prepared by the emulsion-ionic gelation technique.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalil Rashedi ◽  
Amir Ghorbani Haghjo ◽  
Mehran Mesgari Abbasi ◽  
Ali Dastranj Tabrizi ◽  
Shadi Yaqoubi ◽  
...  

Purpose: This study was aimed to evaluate the site-specific drug delivery of 5-FU with chitosan (CS) as a carrier and quercetin (Qu) against induced colon cancer in Wistar rats. Methods: Cross-linked CS-Qu nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by ionotropic gelation method. Physicochemical characterization of NPs was performed by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), in vitro drug release, and drug loading efficiency (LE). 1, 2-Dimethylhydrazine (DMH) and dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) were applied to induce adenocarcinoma tumors on inbred male Wistar rats’ colon. The treatment group of rats was administered through enema with NPs dispersion. Hematoxylin and eosin staining were performed to the histopathological examination of tumors. Results: Zeta potential and particle size for NPs were +53.5 ± 5 mV and 179 ± 28 nm, respectively. About 96% Qu LE was obtained with a maximum release of 5.63 ±1.59% and 4.62 ± 1.33% after 24 hours in PB solution with pH values of 6 and 7.4, respectively. The numbers of 8 to 21 tumors were observed in all rats administered with DMH and DSS. Significantly decreasing of microvascular density and mitosis count was detected in the treatment group in comparison with cancerous group (P = 0.032 for the former compared to P = 0.016 for the later), respectively. Furthermore, the treatment group showed a high apoptosis rate (P = 0.038). Conclusion: The developed Qu-loaded CS NPs were good candidates for site-specific and sustained drug release in enema treatment. Decreasing of microvascular density and mitosis count, along with increasing the apoptosis percent in the treatment group proved that the NPs could have promising results in site-specific and sustained drug delivery against colorectal cancer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidija Fras Zemljič ◽  
Olivija Plohl ◽  
Alenka Vesel ◽  
Thomas Luxbacher ◽  
Sanja Potrč

In this research, antimicrobial polysaccharide chitosan was used as a surface coating for packaging material. The aim of our research was to establish an additive formulation of chitosan and antioxidative plant extracts as dispersion of nanoparticles. Chitosan nanoparticles with embedded thyme, rosemary and cinnamon extracts were synthesized, and characterized for this purpose. Two representative, commercially used foils, polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE), previously activated by UV/ozone to improve coating adhesion, were functionalized using chitosan-extracts nanoparticle dispersions. The foils were coated by two layers. A solution of macromolecular chitosan was applied onto foils as a first layer, followed by the deposition of various extracts embedded into chitosan nanoparticles that were attached as an upper layer. Since active packaging must assure bioactive efficiency at the interface with food, it is extremely important to understand the surface characteristics and phenomena of functionalized foils. The physico-chemical analyses of functionalized foils were thus comprised of surface elemental composition, surface charge, wettability, as well as surface morphology. It has been shown that coatings were applied successfully with an elemental composition, surface charge and morphology that should enable coating stability, homogeneity and consequently provide an active concept of the packaging surface in contact with food. Moreover, the wettability of foils was improved in order to minimize the anti-fogging behavior.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Gooneh-Farahani ◽  
Seyed Morteza Naghib ◽  
M. Reza Naimi-Jamal ◽  
Amir Seyfoori

AbstractSmart nanomaterials with stimuli-responsive behavior are considered as promising platform for various drug delivery applications. Regarding their specific conditions, such as acidic pH, drug carriers to treatment of tumor microenvironment need some criteria to enhance drug delivery efficiency. In this study, for the first time, pH-sensitive BSA-stabilized graphene (BSG)/chitosan nanocomposites were synthesized through electrostatic interactions between the positively charged chitosan nanoparticles and negatively charged BSG and used for Doxorubicin (DOX) encapsulation as a general anticancer drug. Physicochemical characterization of the nanocomposites with different concentrations of BSG (0.5, 2, and 5wt%) showed effective decoration of chitosan nanoparticles on BSG. Comparing DOX release behavior from the nanocomposites and free BSG-chitosan nanoparticles were evaluated at two pHs of 7.4 and 4.5 in 28 days. It was shown that the presence of BSG significantly reduced the burst release observed in chitosan nanoparticles. The nanocomposite of 2wt% BSG was selected as the optimal nanocomposite with a release of 84% in 28 days and with the most uniform release in 24 h. Furthermore, the fitting of release data with four models including zero-order, first-order, Higuchi, and Korsmeyer-Peppas indicated that the addition of BSG changed the release mechanism of the drug, enabling uniform release for the optimal nanocomposite in first 24 h, compared to that for pure chitosan nanoparticles. This behavior was proved using metabolic activity assay of the SKBR-3 breast cancer cell spheroids exposed to DOX release supernatant at different time intervals. It was also demonstrated that DOX released from the nanocomposite had a significant effect on the suppression of cancer cell proliferation at acidic pH.


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