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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this work was to evaluate the potential of self-assembling poly(ethyleneglycol)(750)-block-poly(epsilon-caprolactone-co-trimethylenecarbonate)(4500) 50/50 copolymers (PEG-p(CL-co-TMC)) to solubilize amphotericin B in polymeric micelles and to disaggregate the drug to the less toxic monomeric form. Amphotericin B was encapsulated in the micelles upon dilution of a mixture of the liquid polymer and the drug in water. Its solubility was increased by two orders of magnitude depending on polymer concentration. The aggregation state of amphotericin B was decreased by PEG-p(CL-co-TMC). The preparation method and the loading of the polymeric micelles influenced it. The antifungal activity of the drug was reduced by encapsulation in the polymeric micelles whereas the onset of amphotericin B-induced hemolysis was delayed. PEG-p(CL-co-TMC) micelles could be an easy method for amphotericin B encapsulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0378-5173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
309
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
234-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Encapsulation of amphotericin B in poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(epsilon-caprolactone-co-trimethylenecarbonate) polymeric micelles.
pubmed:affiliation
Université catholique de Louvain, Unité de pharmacie galénique, Avenue Mounier, 73 UCL 7320, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't