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  • Title: Nanoparticles and Colloidal Hydrogels of Chitosan-Caseinate Polyelectrolyte Complexes for Drug-Controlled Release Applications.
    Author: Lall A, Kamdem Tamo A, Doench I, David L, Nunes de Oliveira P, Gorzelanny C, Osorio-Madrazo A.
    Journal: Int J Mol Sci; 2020 Aug 05; 21(16):. PubMed ID: 32764340.
    Abstract:
    Chitosan-caseinate nanoparticles were synthesized by polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) formation. Caseinate is an anionic micellar nanocolloid in aqueous solutions, which association with the polycationic chitosan yielded polyelectrolyte complexes with caseinate cores surrounded by a chitosan corona. The pre-structuration of caseinate micelles facilitates the formation of natural polyelectrolyte nanoparticles with good stability and sizes around 200 nm. Such natural nanoparticles can be loaded with molecules for applications in drug-controlled release. In the nanoparticles processing, parameters such as the chitosan degree of acetylation (DA) and molecular weight, order of addition of the polyelectrolytes chitosan (polycation) and caseinate (polyanion), and added weight ratio of polycation:polyanion were varied, which were shown to influence the structure of the polyelectrolyte association, the nanoparticle size and zeta potential. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) analyses revealed the chemical structure of hydrogel colloidal systems consisting of nanoparticles that contain chitosan and caseinate. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) allowed further characterization of the spherical morphology of the nanoparticles. Furtherly, insulin was chosen as a model drug to study the application of the nanoparticles as a safe biodegradable nanocarrier system for drug-controlled release. An insulin entrapment efficiency of 75% was achieved in the chitosan-caseinate nanoparticles.
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