Thermally reactive N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) amphiphiles for drug solubilisation

Thermally active polymers, can respond structurally to temperature changes, making them interesting as potential drug delivery vehicles.

Published in Chemistry

Like

Share this post

Choose a social network to share with, or copy the URL to share elsewhere

This is a representation of how your post may appear on social media. The actual post will vary between social networks

In this work, we synthesised amphiphilic APMA monomers using hydrophobic pendant groups via conjugation onto their primary amine group. The pendant groups chosen in this study were palmitoyl, dansyl and cholesteryl moieties. The amphiphilic monomers were subsequently copolymerized with N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) using varied monomer feed ratios resulting in a thermo-responsive system. The ability of the resultant aggregates in aqueous solution to encapsulate and liberate model drugs (e.g., propofolgriseofulvin and prednisolone) was then determined.

Please sign in or register for FREE

If you are a registered user on Research Communities by Springer Nature, please sign in

Follow the Topic

Pharmaceutics
Physical Sciences > Chemistry > Biological Chemistry > Pharmaceutics
Nanochemistry
Physical Sciences > Chemistry > Physical Chemistry > Nanochemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Physical Sciences > Chemistry > Biological Chemistry > Medicinal Chemistry