The purpose of this study was to achieve a sustained release of hydrophilic l-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate magnesium (ASP) from electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds, so as to promote the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells for bone tissue engineering (TE). ASP was loaded and electrospun together with PCL via three electrospinning techniques, i.e., coaxial, emulsion, and blend electros...

Praziquantel has been shown to be highly effective against all known species of Schistosoma infecting humans. Spherical nanoparticulate drug carriers made of poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) acid with controlled size were designed. Praziquantel, a hydrophobic molecule, was entrapped into the nanoparticles with theoretical loading varying from 10 to 30% (w/w). This study investigates the effects o...

The term organic coating encompasses conventional paints, varnishes, enamels, lacquers, water-emulsion and solution finishes, nonaqueous dispersions (organosols), plastisols and powder coatings. The following definitions have been used commonly, although they have not always been strictly applied. Paint is a suspension of finely divided pigment particles in a liquid composed of a binder (resin)...

Water diffusion-coefficient mapping was used in conjunction with 19F inversion-recovery echo-planar imaging (IR-EPI) of a sequestered perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsion to investigate the spatial correlation between the diffusion coefficient of water and the tissue oxygen tension (pO2) in radiation-induced fibrosarcoma (RIF-1) tumors (n = 11). The diffusion-time-dependent apparent diffusion coeffic...

In order to determine the chemical composition distribution (CCD) of styrene-butadiene copolymers, gradient polymer elution chromatography has been performed. The separation is mainly based on differences in solubility among the copolymer molecules with different chemical composition. The solubility of a copolymer is dependent on the following parameters: temperature, type of solvent/non-solven...

A semi-empirical study into the effects of residual casting solvent on the lithographic properties of photoresist is described. Solvent content of a commercial i-line photoresist after post apply bake has been measured using a quartz crystal microbalance and using radio-labeled solvent with scintillation counting. Analysis of this data has led to a calibrated model of solvent diffusivity as a f...

Pyrazinamide, a highly specific agent against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is used as first-line drug to treat tuberculosis. The current work aims to formulate polymeric nanoparticles based drug delivery system to sustain the release profile and reduce the dosing frequency of pyrazinamide. Further aim was to target the macrophages within body fluid. These polymeric nanoparticles were prepared by ...

[email protected] Abstract A 3 factorial design was employed to produce oral sustained release lipospheres prepared by modified double emulsion solvent evaporation technique for Serratiopeptidase (acid-labile enzyme) using wax and polar lipid combination as retardants. The effects of formulation variables selected through preliminary trials namely peptide and stabilizer (Tween® 80) concen...