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SUBMITTER: Venkatachalam G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6732734 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Venkatachalam Geetha G Venkatesan Nandakumar N Suresh Ganesan G Doble Mukesh M
Heliyon 20190905 9
Our group had previously reported the encapsulation efficiency of cyclic β-(1, 2)-glucan for various drugs. The current study is aimed at evaluating the use of glucan as a drug carrier system by blending with poly lactic-co- glycolic acid (L:G = 10:90). Nanoparticles of glucan (0.5, 5, 10 and 20 wt %) blended with PLGA and gentamicin were synthesized. Encapsulation efficiency was higher for the blends (93% with 20 wt % of glucan) than the PLGA alone (79.8%). The presence of glucan enhanced both ...[more]