In this paper the properties of thermosensitive chitosan hydrogels prepared with the use of chitosan salz (chloride and lactate) and -glycerophosphate are presented. Biological studies were carried out on thermogels without conditioning in water and on thermogels after 24 h conditioning in water. Experiments were conducted on a reference cell line L 929 (NCTC clone 929) American Type Culture Collection according to Annex C PN-EN ISO 10993-5
The efficiency of nitrogen assimilation by plants is rather low and this is a serious problem in view of environmental protection. Improvement of nitrogen absorption can be carried out through the developing, producing and applying the controlled release fertilizers. Biodegradable chitosan has been proposed as an alternative material in the production of controlled release fertilizers.
The salts of dichloroacetic acid were obtained from chitosans of different deacetylation degrees (69÷97%) and viscosity-average molecular weights (61÷327 kDa). The mole ratio of dichloroacetic acid to amine groups was 1. The chemical and physical properties of the salts were evaluated by determining the dry weight, the content of ash, acid, insoluble substances, kinematic viscosity, and pH. The studied salts had a low contents of water (<10%), inorganic pollutants (<0.2%), and a low insoluble substances fraction (<0.15%). The determined acid content was similar to the theoretical content. The physical properties of the chitosan influenced the kinematic viscosity of the salt solutions. The kinematic viscosity decreased when the viscosity-average molecular weights of the chitosan decreased. The properties of chitosan did not significantly impact the pH of the salt solutions. This depended on the pKa of the acid. The chemical and physical properties of the salts can be altered by neutralizing the dichloroacetate solutions to a pH at which no distinct change in clarity occurs.
The studies were carried out to develop the mechanism of chitosan gel formation in the presence of glycerol phosphate GP, taking into account suggestions presented in the literature. The analysis was carried out on the basis of a change in the gel structure after conditioning in water.
Degree of deacetylation (DD) is one of the main parameters characterizing chitosan. The most precise measurements of DD require sophisticated equipment (NMR spectrometer), not available at many laboratories worldwide working on chitosan. There is a need for low-cost, simple, yet sturdy and reliable methods and procedures for DD determination. The aim of this work was to test and compare – on the same set of chitosan samples - a few of the existing analytical techniques and provide recommendation for selecting DD determination methods. Tests were performed on four chitosans of nominal DD in the range 70 - 95%. Three different methods of titration, two different methods of spectroscopy UV / Vis and infrared spectroscopy using various calculation approaches were used. The results are summarized and compared with values obtained by 1H NMR, considered as the reference method. Moreover, evaluation of the ease of performance and availability of reagents in the given methods was performed. On that basis, recommendations for selection of DD determination methods were formulated.
We created composite materials by using a straightforward method, combining chitosan, iodine, and bismuth. We used two chitosan with two different molecular masses. We used iodine in the composites as chitosan iodide and bismuth in the form of tetraiodobismuthanuide. We analysed the resulting materials with scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed desorption mass spectrometry, and visible light spectroscopy. We observed that bismuth and iodine were evenly distributed throughout the composites and did not separate into distinct phases. These composite materials have the ability to form organised porous sponges, making them suitable for a wide range of applications in different fields.
Atmospheric-pressure air and nitrogen plasmas generated by surface dielectric barrier discharges have been used to incorporate new functionalities at the surface of polypropylene nonwoven fabric. The main goals were to activate the polymer surfaces for subsequent immobilization of chitosan from water solution without using any crosslinking and wetting agents. The samples were analyzed by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The nitrogen plasma treatment resulted in relatively high oxygen incorporation, about 9 atomic % mainly in aliphatic C=O type bonds and about 4 at.% of nitrogen incorporation in amine and other nitrogen functionalities. Chitosan was immobilized on the fabric fibers surfaces very homogeneously in amount of 2 - 5 g m-2. The chitosan coated samples exhibited a good laundering durability and strong antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli.
In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of Reactive Black 5 dye adsorption onto chitin and chitosan flakes. Adsorption capacity of chitin and chitosan, optimal pH of the adsorption process and reaction equilibrium time were determined. Results achieved were described with Freundlich, Langmuir and double Langmuir models. The pH value ensuring the highest dye adsorption effectiveness onto chitosan was pH 4. In turn, the highest dye adsorption effectiveness onto chitin was determined at pH 2, however considering that the pH value of industrial wastewater containing reactive dyes ranges from pH 3 to pH 4, further analyses with chitin were continued at pH 3. The time needed to reach the equilibrium concentration of dye was 360 min for chitin and 72 hours for chitosan. The study demonstrated that chitosan is the most effective sorbent of RB5. Its maximum adsorption capacity of the reactive dye accounted for 696.99 mg/g d.m., compared to 131.56 mg/g d.m. determined for chitin. Higher effectiveness of RB5 removal by chitosan is result of more number of amine groups in the chemical structure of this polymer, compared to chitin.
In clinical practice for the treatment of obesity, several natural macromolecular compounds are used, whose operation is based on supporting weight loss. During the use of dietary supplements containing chitosan, disease sometimes occurs and treatment for this often comprises different therapeutic agents and antibiotics. The aim of our study was to determine the binding capacity of simvastatin to chitosan, which is found in dietary supplements promoting weight loss, depending on variable physicochemical factors in the gastrointestinal tract model. The phenomenon of adsorption of simvastatin was investigated by a static and dynamic pharmaceutical model (according to the Modified method of Polish Pharmacopoeia IX) simulating the conditions in vitro. The amount of bound drug is used to calculate the average percentage of the adsorbed dose. The obtained results showed that simvastatin is adsorbed by chitosan in the used pH ranges, and the binding capacity is dependent on the environmental pH, viscosity, the concentration of the drug, the type of chitosan and additional substances present in the gastrointestinal tract. The average adsorption of simvastatin in the system of chitosan-nutrients, depending on the pH of the medium, was in the range of 27 to 95%. The highest amount of adsorption was noted above pH 7 (chitosan precipitated polymer forming the emulsion-gel system), when the bioavailability of dietary supplement using chitosan was almost zero.
In the paper sorption capacity of chitosan having a deacetylation degree DD=75%, DD=85% and DD=90% relatively to the Reactive Black 5 were compared. Studies on the effectiveness of the dye sorption were carried out in a wide pH range – from 3 to 11. For each of the tested chitosan sorbents, sorption capacity has been determined. The results were described by isotherms Freundlich and Lagmuir isotherms, and a double Langmuir isotherm. Sorption of Reactive Black 5 most efficiently occurred at pH 4. At pH <4 chitosan sorbents underwent dissolution, regardless of the degree of deacetylation. The efficiency of dye sorption increased with the degree of deacetylation. The sorption capacity calculated after 12 h of the chitosan sorption with DD=75%, DD=85% and DD =90% was, relatively to the Reactive Black 5, respectively 433.03 mg/g and 464.52 mg/g and 532.14 mg/g. The impact of the deacetylation degree on pHZPC (zero point of charge) of the sorbent was also examined. Along with the increase in the deacetylation degree the value of chitosan pHZPC increased as well and at DD=75% DD=85% and DD=90%, pHZPC amounted respectively 7.6, 7.7 and 7.8.
The influence of the degree of deacetylation of chitosan from the range of DD = 75–90% on the effectiveness of sorption of nitrates from aqueous solutions was investigated. The scope of the research included: determining the effect of pH on the effectiveness of N-NO3 binding on chitosan sorbents and determining the sorption capacity of chitosan sorbents with different degrees of deacetylation after 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes. The effectiveness of sorption of nitrates on chitosan sorbents increased in the series DD=75% < DD=85% < DD=90%. Regardless of the degree of deacetylation, the sorption effectiveness of nitrates on chitosan was the highest at pH 4. The amount of nitrate-related sorbents was the highest after 30 min of sorption. A process time which was too long resulted in desorption of nitrates. The maximum sorption capacity for chitosan with the degree of deacetylation DD = 75, 85 and 90% was 0.59 mg N-NO3/g, 0.60 mg N-NO3/g and 0.87 mg N-NO3/g, respectively.
In the present paper the degradation of chitosan and its blends with hydroxyapatite, nanoclay and nanosilver as well as the impact of those nanofillers added to chitosan on its decomposition at high temperatures are studied. The applied films of thickness 50 μm were obtained by casting the acidic solutions: chitosan and its blends with hydroxyapatite, nanoclay and nanosilver. To mix solutions with nanofillers ultrasounds were applied. To study the thermal degradation we applied thermogravimetry in dynamic and static conditions, which is a method of thermal analysis involving the continuous recording of weight loss Based on experimental data activation energies of thermal decomposition close to a maximum rate loss were calculated using different methods for chitosan and its blends with hydroxyapatite, nanoclay and nanosilver. The addition of three nanofillers mentioned above result in a visual increase of activation energy of thermal degradation process of chitosan due to slower evolution of decomposed gases from chitosan matrix reflected by a slower rate of weight loss.
These studies concerned the effect of composition on the substrate physicochemical parameters of hydrogels for use on skin. Hydrogels containing 1% of hydrocortisone and 1% of chitosan addition was made on the basis of methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and Carbopol 934 P. The release proceeds according to first-order kinetics. Depending on the type and composition of the polymer gels were obtained with various pharmaceutical availability of hydrocortisone. Addition of 1% chitosan affects the acceleration of the release in any given case.
In clinical practice, in the treatment of obesity, a plurality of natural high-molecular compounds are used, the activity of which supports weight loss. During the use of dietary supplements containing chitosan, illness sometimes develops and other therapeutic agents are applied as antibiotics The aim of our study was to determine the binding capacity of the antibiotic erythromycin depending on variable physicochemical factors, in the model of the gastrointestinal tract, by chitosans found in slimming dietary supplements Erythromycin adsorption phenomenon was studied by static and dynamic pharmaceutical model (according to the modified method of the Polish Pharmacopoeia) simulating in vitro conditions. The amount of bound drug was used to calculate the average percentage of the adsorbed dose. The results obtained show that erythromycin is adsorbed by chitosans at various pH ranges, and the binding capacity of the environment depends on the pH, viscosity and concentration of the antibiotic, as well as the chitosan and type and additional substances present in the gastrointestinal tract. The average level of the adsorption of erythromycin in the chitosan-nutrients system depends on the pH of the medium. The highest amount of adsorption was noted above pH 7 (chitosan precipitated polymer forming the emulsion-gel system).
Hydrogels that possess the ability of gelling in response to changes in the local environment, such as pH or temperature, have been examined extensively recently. In this paper the properties of thermosensitive chitosan hydrogels prepared with the use of chitosan glutaminate and -glycerophosphate are presented. The sol/gel transition point was determined based on the rheological properties. The structure of gels was observed under the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and was investigated by thermogravimetric (TG) and differential themogravimetric (DTG) analy¬sis and infrared (IR) spectroscopy. The crystallinity of gel structure was determined by X-ray Diffraction analysis (XRD).
In clinical practice a lot of natural macromolecular compounds which operation is based on assisting weight loss are used in the obesity treatment. These measures swell in the digestive tract and form the polymer gel system, which has the ability to adsorb up to 5 times more lipids relative to its own weight. When using dietary supplements containing chitosan, sometimes it comes to illness and in the therapy other agents such as chemotherapeutics are used. The aim of our study was to determine the binding capacity of chemotherapeutic norfloxacin present in the digestive tract model by chitosans found in slimming medicines, depending on variable physico-chemical factors. Phenomenon of norrfloxacin adsorption was studied by a dynamic pharmaceutical model simulating in vitro conditions. The amount of adsorbed chemotherapeutic agent by chitosan was calculated by the difference in concentrations of study drug before and after sorption. The results of measurements of quantities bounded norfloxacin were used to calculate the average percentage of adsorbed dose. The results show that norfloxacin is adsorbed by the chitosans in the applicable pH ranges, and the binding capacity depends on the pH, viscosity and concentration of chemotherapeutics, as well as the type of chitosan and additional substances in the gastrointestinal tract. The average amount of chemotherapeutic adsorption in the system chitosan-nutrients, depending on the pH ranged from 80 to 98%. The highest number of adsorption points above pH 7. In conclusion, the addition of dietary supplement such as chitosan reduces the amount of administered uniformly chemotherapeutic and simultaneously has a large impact on the bioavailability. The observed dependence may require changes in therapeutic process.
Physically crosslinked membranes were prepared by treating chitosan (Ch) with pentasodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) at different reaction conditions. The equilibrium swelling ratio, Seq, of Ch/TPP membranes in water, buffer and salt solutions at 37 C were determined. The experimental data indicated, that Seq depended on pH of buffer solution and type and concentration of salt solution. Swelling capacity in water depended on the content of TPP ions in the membrane and crosslinking density
The aim of this work was to study the properties of methylcellulose hydrogels with supplements containing chitosan and 1% hydrocortisone. Depending on the composition of the substrate, gels are characterised by a variety of pharmaceutical availabilities. Increasing the concentration of chitosan has an influence on increasing the viscosity, hardness, and cohesiveness of the tested gels.
The article presents the effectiveness of orthophosphate sorption from aqueous solutions depending on the deacetylation degree of chitosan flakes. The first stage of the research was to determine the pH value at which the sorption process was the most effective (from the pH range 2–11). In the second stage, research was carried out to determine the maximum sorption capacities of chitosan with deacetylation degrees of 75%, 85% and 90% in relation to PO43-. The highest effectiveness of orthophosphate removal on chitosan, regardless of its deacetylation degree, was obtained at pH 4. At pH 2 and 3, the chitosan flakes dissolved. This study showed that the sorption effectiveness of phosphorus compounds depends on the deacetylation degree of chitosan. Along with the increase in deacetylation degree, the sorption capacity of chitosan also increases in relation to orthophosphates. It is related to the higher number of amino groups in the structure of chitosan, which are responsible for the sorption of pollutants in the form of anions. The maximum sorption capacity of chitosan-DD = 75% in relation to biogen was 5.13 mg/g, chitosan-DD = 85% was 5.65 mg/g, and chitosan-DD = 90% was 5.91 mg/g. After 60 minutes, the desorption process had begun and was most likely caused by an increase in the pH of the solution. Due to chitosan's ability to neutralise the sample and the associated risk of desorption, the time of sorbent contact with sewage cannot be longer than 60 minutes.
Introducing collagen, which is basic ingredient of bone tissue, into the structure of chitosan gels which are formed at the physiological body temperature, is aimed at creating the so-called biomimetic structures, i.e. close in their composition to the natural composition of bone tissue. Within the research the influence of collagen on structural properties of thermosensitive chitosan gels and the influence of ALP on structural properties of chitosan and chitosan-collagen gels was determined.
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