Processes of Encapsulation and Crystallization of Prednisolon in PAAm-b-PEO-b-PAAm Micellar Solutions

Autor: Dmytro Klymchuk, Vasil Gorchev, Tatyana Zheltonozhskaya, Sofia Partsevskaya
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 590:140-148
ISSN: 1563-5287
1542-1406
DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2013.874155
Popis: Micellar solutions of PAAm-b-PEO-b-PAAm triblock copolymer (TBC) based on chemically complementary poly(ethylene oxide) and polyacrylamide (Mn= 6 and 116 kDa) were applied to study the encapsulation of poorly soluble crystallizing drug prednisolon (PS) in a region of ϕ= 0.065 ÷ 0.39 molPS/base-molTBC. The equilibrium mechanism of the encapsulation and the effect of specific aggregation of small and large PS-loaded micelles by their “coronas” that promoted the drug crystallization were established. The fractal character of large drug-loaded micelles and unusual morphology of PS crystals allowed assuming the presence of TBC micelles inside crystalline space.
Databáze: OpenAIRE