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Formulation, characterization and biological activity screening of sodium alginate-gum arabic nanoparticles loaded with curcumin

The approach of drug delivery systems emphasizes the use of nanoparticles as a vehicle, offering the optional property of delivering drugs as a single dose rather than in multiple doses. The current study aims to improve antioxidant and drug release properties of curcumin loaded gum Arabic-sodium al...

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Main Authors: Hassani, Abdelkader, Mahmood, Syed, Enezei, H. H., Siti Aslina, Hussain, Hamad, Hamad Ali, Aldoghachi, Ahmed Faris, Hagar, Abdullah, Doolaanea, Abd Almonem, Ibrahim, Wisam Nabeel
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Language:English
Published: MDPI - Open Access Publishing 2020
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TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28559/1/Formulation%2C%20characterization%20and%20biological%20activity%20screening%20of%20sodium.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28559/
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25092244
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25092244
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Summary:The approach of drug delivery systems emphasizes the use of nanoparticles as a vehicle, offering the optional property of delivering drugs as a single dose rather than in multiple doses. The current study aims to improve antioxidant and drug release properties of curcumin loaded gum Arabic-sodium alginate nanoparticles (Cur/ALG-GANPs). The Cur/ALG-GANPs were prepared using the ionotropic gelation technique and further subjected to physico-chemical characterization using attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), size distribution, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The size of Cur/ALG-GANPs ranged between 10 ± 0.3 nm and 190 ± 0.1 nm and the zeta potential was –15 ± 0.2 mV. The antioxidant study of Cur/ALG-GANPs exhibited effective radical scavenging capacity for 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) at concentrations that ranged between 30 and 500µg/mL. Cytotoxicity was performed using MTT assay to measure their potential in inhibiting the cell growth and the result demonstrated a significant anticancer activity of Cur/ALG-GANPs against human liver cancer cells (HepG2) than in colon cancer (HT29), lung cancer (A549) and breast cancer (MCF7) cells. Thus, this study indicates that Cur/ALG-GANPs have promising anticancer properties that might aid in future cancer therapy.

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