Swelling behaviour and controlled drug release from cross-linked kappa-carrageenan/NaCMC hydrogel by diffusion mechanism

• Main Authors: Hezaveh, Hadi, Muhamad, Ida Idayu, Noshadi, Iman, Fen, Lim Shu, Ngadi, Norzita
• Format: Article
• Published: Informa Healthcare 2012
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33683/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/02652048.2011.651501?journalCode=imnc20
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

We studied a model system of controlled drug release using beta-carotene and kappa-carrageenan/NaCMC hydrogel as a drug and a device, respectively. Different concentrations of genipin were added to crosslink the beta-carotene loaded beads by using the dripping method. Results have shown that the cro...