Acta Pharmaceutica, Vol. 60 No. 3, 2010.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.2478/v10007-010-0022-y
Statistical analysis of low molecular mass heparin nanoencapsulation
VAISHNAVI GANTI
; Laboratory of Future Nanomedicines and Theoretical Chronopharmaceutics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kansas City MO 64110
ABEBE ENDALE MENGESHA
; Laboratory of Future Nanomedicines and Theoretical Chronopharmaceutics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kansas City MO 64110
JACOB MARSZALEK
; University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Education, Division of Counseling & Education Psychology, Kansas City, MO 64110
BI-BOTTI C. YOUAN
; Laboratory of Future Nanomedicines and Theoretical Chronopharmaceutics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kansas City MO 64110
Abstract
The objective of this study was to use Box-Behnken design (BBD) to investigate the influence of formulation variables on the properties of heparin-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-Eudragit-RLPO (E-RLPO) nanoparticles (NP) in terms of mean diameter (as size) and drug encapsulation efficiency. The NPs were prepared by the double emulsion solvent evaporation method. The independent variables were: X1 olymer mass ratio (PLGA:E-RLPO) in the oil phase, X2 concentration of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as emulsion stabilizer, and X3 volume of the external aqueous phase (W2). Particle size (analyzed by dynamic light scattering) and encapsulation efficiency (EE, estimated by spectrophotometry) were the investigated responses. The polynomial equation obtained from regression analysis of the reduced model (p = 0.0002, F = 25.7952 and R2 = 0.96) provided an excellent fit. The optimal size for the NP was found to be 134.2 ± 16.5 nm with formulation variables of 48.2:61.8, 0.321 (%, m/V) and 263 mL for X1, X2 and X3, respectively. Probably, due to electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged drug and the positively charged E-RLPO, the percent EE of heparin was between 74.4 ± 6.5 % (lowest value) and 92.1 ± 5.3 % (highest value). The data suggest that BBD is a useful tool in rational design of heparin-loaded NPs.
Keywords
heparin; nanoparticle; encapsulation efficiency; Box-Behnken design
Hrčak ID:
53492
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Publication date:
1.9.2010.
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