Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach

Thesis (PhD. (Bioprocess Engineering))

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Main Author: Selvakumaran, Suguna
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2024
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Online Access:http://openscience.utm.my/handle/123456789/1237
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spelling oai:openscience.utm.my:123456789/12372024-07-16T13:00:44Z Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach Selvakumaran, Suguna Drug delivery systems Drugs—Dosage forms Drug carriers (Pharmacy) Thesis (PhD. (Bioprocess Engineering)) The main objective of drug delivery system is to attain an optimum concentration of the drug/bioactive agents in blood or tissue at a desired release rate. A problem frequently encountered with drug dosage is its inability to increase their residence time in the gastrointestinal tract, consequently leading to a poor drug release profile and low bioavailability. Therefore, development of an effective carrier is needed. This research aims to develop a potential dual effect drug carrier for floating drug delivery system in the stomach which targets the upper part of stomach and also benefits the lower part of stomach (stomach lining). Kappa carrageenan-based floating hydrogel was formulated using calcium carbonate as pore forming agents where it was further optimized using genipin (1.5 mM) and magnesium oxide nanoparticles (0.10 g) as compared to non-floating hydrogels. Characterization of hydrogel was carried out using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis and field emission scanning electron microscope. The release behaviour of a model drug, ranitidine hydrochloride was firstly studied in simulated gastric fluid condition at 37 °C. The results showed that optimized floating hydrogels provided high performance (70%, 7 h) of controlled drug release profile with reduced initial burst release (18%, 30 min). The Korsmeyer-Peppas model further demonstrated that ranitidine hydrochloride release from hydrogels followed non- Fickian diffusion. The optimized floating hydrogel was then subjected to cytotoxicity analysis which proved its biocompatibility, non-toxicity and it is safe to use. Secondly, beneficial effect towards the lower part of stomach was determined from the presence of magnesium oxide nanoparticles in the hydrogel. The antibacterial activity was studied on the optimized floating hydrogel using E. coli and it showed 8.44% of bacterial inhibition. The characteristics of the hydrogel with floating behaviour more than 12 hours, reduced initial burst release with controlled drug release, along with effective bacterial inhibition and good biocompatibility suggested that the developed floating nanocomposite hydrogel is a promising drug carrier in the stomach Faculty of Chemical Engineering 2024-07-16T04:29:23Z 2024-07-16T04:29:23Z 2016 Thesis Dataset http://openscience.utm.my/handle/123456789/1237 en application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
spellingShingle Drug delivery systems
Drugs—Dosage forms
Drug carriers (Pharmacy)
Selvakumaran, Suguna
Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach
title Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach
title_full Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach
title_fullStr Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach
title_full_unstemmed Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach
title_short Kappa carrageenan-based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach
title_sort kappa carrageenan based hydrogel for floating drug delivery system in the stomach
topic Drug delivery systems
Drugs—Dosage forms
Drug carriers (Pharmacy)
url http://openscience.utm.my/handle/123456789/1237
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