The objective of this study was the development of chitosan/hyaluronan transdermal films to improve bioavailability of thiocolchicoside. This approach offers the possibility to elude the first-pass metabolism and at the same time is able to provide a predictable and extended duration of activity. Films were prepared by casting and drying of aqueous solutions containing different weight ratios of chitosan and hyaluronan and characterized for their physico-chemical and functional properties. In accordance with polymeric composition of films and therefore with the amount of the net charge after the complexation, films containing the same weight ratio of chitosan and hyaluronan showed lower water uptake ability with respect to films containing only one polymeric specie or an excess of chitosan or hyaluronan. Moreover, the lower the hydration of the polymeric network, the lower is the drug diffusion through the films and its permeation through the skin. This study clearly confirmed that the selection of a suitable polymeric weight ratio and appropriate preparative conditions allows the modulation of film functional properties, suggesting that these formulations could be used as a novel technological platform for transdermal drug delivery.

Federica Bigucci, Angela Abruzzo, Bruno Saladini, Maria Caterina Gallucci, Teresa Cerchiara, Barbara Luppi (2015). Development and characterization of chitosan/hyaluronan film for transdermal delivery of thiocolchicoside. CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 130, 32-40 [10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.067].

Development and characterization of chitosan/hyaluronan film for transdermal delivery of thiocolchicoside

BIGUCCI, FEDERICA;ABRUZZO, ANGELA;CERCHIARA, TERESA;LUPPI, BARBARA
2015

Abstract

The objective of this study was the development of chitosan/hyaluronan transdermal films to improve bioavailability of thiocolchicoside. This approach offers the possibility to elude the first-pass metabolism and at the same time is able to provide a predictable and extended duration of activity. Films were prepared by casting and drying of aqueous solutions containing different weight ratios of chitosan and hyaluronan and characterized for their physico-chemical and functional properties. In accordance with polymeric composition of films and therefore with the amount of the net charge after the complexation, films containing the same weight ratio of chitosan and hyaluronan showed lower water uptake ability with respect to films containing only one polymeric specie or an excess of chitosan or hyaluronan. Moreover, the lower the hydration of the polymeric network, the lower is the drug diffusion through the films and its permeation through the skin. This study clearly confirmed that the selection of a suitable polymeric weight ratio and appropriate preparative conditions allows the modulation of film functional properties, suggesting that these formulations could be used as a novel technological platform for transdermal drug delivery.
2015
Federica Bigucci, Angela Abruzzo, Bruno Saladini, Maria Caterina Gallucci, Teresa Cerchiara, Barbara Luppi (2015). Development and characterization of chitosan/hyaluronan film for transdermal delivery of thiocolchicoside. CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 130, 32-40 [10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.067].
Federica Bigucci; Angela Abruzzo; Bruno Saladini; Maria Caterina Gallucci; Teresa Cerchiara; Barbara Luppi
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