Green one-pot synthesis of multicomponent-crosslinked carboxymethyl cellulose as a safe carrier for the gentamicin oral delivery

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) as a green strategy was used to crosslink carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) via the construction of bioactive carboxamide skeletons for the gentamicin (GM) oral delivery. The prepared multicomponent-crosslinked (MCC) CMC hydrogels (CMC-MCC) were fully characterized using various methods. To explain the productivity of the prepared system, GM delivery tests performed in the simulated gastrointestinal tract (GIT) conditions. CMC-MCC could efficiently protect the loaded-GM against the acidic environment of the stomach and enhance the sustainability of drug dosing with controlling the releases in the GIT circumstances. The antibacterial performance showed that the GM-loaded CMC-MCC has notable activity against S. aureus and E. coli bacteria. Besides, the cytotoxicity study indicated that CMC-MCC toward healthy normal human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) has a cytocompatibility nature.