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SUBMITTER: Vall M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6539276 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vall Maria M Ferraz Natalia N Cheung Ocean O Strømme Maria M Zardán Gómez de la Torre Teresa T
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190511 9
Salicylic acid (SA) has for a long time been used to treat various skin disorders due to its anti-inflammatory, bacteriostatic, and antifungal properties. In the present work, mesoporous magnesium carbonate (MMC), a promising drug carrier, was modified with 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane to enable loading of SA. The amine modified MMC (aMMC) was successfully loaded with 8 wt.% of SA via a solvent evaporation method. SA was later completely released from the carrier in less than 15 min. Furthermor ...[more]