Journal of Biomolecular Research & Therapeutics

Hajaratul Najwa Mohamed

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• Research Article
  Development of Alginate–Gum Arabic Beads for Targeted Delivery of Protein
  Author(s): Hajaratul Najwa Mohamed, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Anwar Fitrianto and Yazid Abd ManapHajaratul Najwa Mohamed, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Anwar Fitrianto and Yazid Abd Manap
  
  Controlled release beads were prepared by using the combination of alginate and gum Arabic through ionotropic gelation method. Bovine serum albumin was used as model protein for in vitro assessments. The effect of amount of sodium alginate and gum Arabic as the factor affecting protein encapsulation efficiency and protein release were optimized and analyzed by using RSM-FCCD. It was observed that protein encapsulation efficiency was increased and protein release was decreased with the increase of both of the amount of sodium alginate and gum Arabic, used as polymer blend. The optimized beads showed high encapsulation efficiency (87.5 � 3.65%) with suitable protein release (100% protein release after almost 4 hrs). The swelling of beads were highly influenced by pH of dissolution medium. These beads were also characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM and TA for protein-excipients interacti.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7956.1000155

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