姜黄素
光敏剂
化学
光毒性
聚乙二醇
PEG比率
水溶液
抗菌剂
光动力疗法
溶解度
400号桩
核化学
体外
有机化学
生物化学
经济
财务
作者
Anne Bee Hegge,Therese Andersen,Jan Egil Melvik,Ellen Bruzell,Solveig Kristensen,Hanne Tønnesen
摘要
Curcumin loaded alginate foams are proposed for application in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy of infected wounds. The drug loaded foams were formulated to provide a burst release of the photosensitizer when hydrated. The foams remained intact after hydration and would be possible to remove from the wound prior to irradiation without causing any tissue damage. The characterization of the prepared foams showed that both curcumin loaded and unloaded foams hydrated within 1 min and absorbed from 12 to 16 times their dry weight of a model physiological fluid. Curcumin, the model photosensitizer, has an extremely low solubility in water and may aggregate in aqueous environment. Cyclodextrins (CDs) and polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400) were therefore selected as solubilizers of curcumin in the foams to provide a burst release of the photosensitizer. Exposure to the prepared foams in combination with visible light irradiation (∼9.7 J/cm(2)) resulted in >6 log reduction of Entrococcus faecalis cells. However, curcumin mediated photokilling of Escherichia coli was ineffective when CDs were selected as solubilizer of curcumin in the foams. An 81% reduction in viable E. coli cells was detected after treatment with the foam containing PEG 400 as the only solubilizer of curcumin combined with visible light irradiation (∼29 J/cm(2)).
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