INTRODUCTION Understanding ion diffusion phenomena in biological tissues is important for the study of signal transduction in tissue and cells. However, knowledge on ion diffusion in biological tissues is limited in literature [1-3]. In this paper, we report a new approach to investigating ion diffusion in non-charged porous materials using an electrical conductivity method. The objective of th...

Starting from a Zimm model, we study self-diffusion in a solution of crosslinked monomers. We focus on the effects of the hydrodynamic interaction on the dynamics and the critical behaviour at the sol-gel point. Hydrodynamic interactions cause the clusters' diffusion constant to depend not only on the cluster's size but also on the cluster's shape --in contrast to the Rouse model. This gives ri...

Oxygen contamination of a polyacrylamide gel (PAG) dosimeter can have a significant detrimental effect upon the performance characteristics of the gel as a dosimeter. Oxygen contamination can occur during preparation, but can also arise from the diffusion of atmospheric oxygen through vessel walls. Even 'trace' amounts of oxygen present in any gaseous space (usually nitrogen filled) between the...

Preparation and characterization of thermoresponsive in-situ forming poloxamer hydrogel for controlled release of Nile red-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles. Nanoparticles (NPs) are cleared rapidly from systemic circulation and do not provide sustained action in most cases. To solve this problem, this investigation introduces an erodible in-situ forming gel system as potential vehicles for prolo...

AIM This study evaluated the in vitro antibacterial effects of the formulated Punica granatum (PG) gel against Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguinis, and Lactobacillus casei. MATERIALS AND METHODS The PG extract was dissolved in water at 500 mg/mL. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used for identification and quantification of chemical marker punicalagin. Minimum bacte...

The movement of the penetrant and polymer fronts and the drug dissolution in highly loaded swellable matrix tablets were studied with the aim of establishing relationships between front position and drug release kinetics. Three boundaries were identified corresponding to the swelling, diffusion and erosion fronts. The kinetics of drug release depended on the relative movement of the erosion and...

Objective(s): The aim of present study is to formulate mefenamic acid transdermal gel based on vesicular drug delivery approaches.Materials and Methods: For the preparation of mefenamic acid transdermal gel, transfersomes were selected as colloidal carriers. Transfersomes were prepared by hand shaking and thin film hydration techniques. The obtained transfersomes were characterized for vesicula...

BACKGROUND Fluorescent glucose-sensitive nanosensors have previously been used in vivo to track glucose concentration changes in interstitial fluid. However, this technology was limited because of loss of fluorescence intensity due to particle diffusion from the injection site. In this study, we encapsulated the nanosensors into injectable gels to mitigate nanosensor migration in vivo. ...

Theories on the evolution of clutch size are primarily influenced by examples from terrestrial animals, yet most animal phyla occur exclusively in water. Oxygen has a lower diffusion coefficient and lower solubility in water than in air, and siblings in aquatic clutches often compete for oxygen. Mitigating this competition could affect allocation of resources to offspring. Gelatinous clutches a...

a suitable emulgel formulation of piroxicam was prepared and its percutaneous permeation was investigated using wistar rat skin and diffusion cell technique. the concentrations of the drug in receptor phase of diffusion cells were measured using hplc method. the effect of three types of penetration enhancers (myrj 52, cineol and transcutol p) with different concentrations on transdermal permeat...