Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (52): 8473-8479.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.52.020

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The preparation of rhizoma drynariae total flavonoids/polylactic-co-glycolic acid microcapsules

Chen Hong-zhou1, Ma Shi-kun2, Hu Long-ju1, Yang Jian-dong1   

  1. 1Department of Orthopaedics, Subei People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225001, Jiangsu Province, China; 2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Armed Police General Hospital, Yangzhou 225003, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2015-09-23 Online:2015-12-17 Published:2015-12-17
  • Contact: Yang Jian-dong, M.D., Professor, Chief physician, Department of Orthopaedics, Subei People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225001, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Chen Hong-zhou, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Orthopaedics, Subei People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou 225001, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Medical Personnel and Key Talents Project for Health Scientific Development during the Eleventh Five-Year Period in Jiangsu Province, China, No. RC2011162

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Microcapsules is one of the main directions of targeted therapeutic dosing system. With a size of several microns to several hundred microns, it can be used for injection, oral, arterial administration and local treatment of targeted organs and other treatment approaches.
OBJECTIVE: To prepare rhizoma drynariae total flavonoids/polylactic-co-glycolic acid microcapsules and optimize the preparation conditions.
METHODS: The rhizoma drynariae total flavonoids/polylactic-co-glycolic acid microcapsules was prepared by ultrasonic emulsification. The effect of the mass concentration (60, 100, 140, 180 g/L), stirring speed (50, 1 000,  2 000, 4 000 r/minutes), colostrum emulsification time (2, 4, 6, 8 minutes), colostrum water oil ratio (1:5, 1:10, 1:15, 1:20) of rhizoma drynariae total flavonoids/polylactic-co-glycolic acid microcapsules on gross morphology, particle size distribution width and total flavonoids encapsulation efficiency of microcapsules was univariately analyzed. The rhizoma drynariae total flavonoids/polylactic-co-glycolic acid microcapsules with smaller particle size, uniform dispersion and higher encapsulation efficiency was filtered out.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The optimum process parameters were as follows: 140 g/L polylactic acid-glycolic acid solution, the stirring speed of 2 000 r/min, the colostrum emulsification time of 6 minutes, and the colostrum water-oil ratio of 1:15. The microcapsules prepared in the optimized process displayed a uniform distribution and its average particle size was (789.8±712.3) nm, which distributed relative narrowly and basically less than 5 μm. Microcapsules presented round, with a regular edge under scanning electron microscope. The average encapsulation efficiency was 47.72%.
 

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