Title

Synthesis of sol-gel mesoporous silica materials providing a slow release of doxorubicin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-8-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Microencapsulation

Abstract

Samples of mesoporous base-catalysed silica xerogel materials made by the sol-gel process were impregnated with an anticancer drug--doxorubicin, followed by different times of ageing at room temperature. The effect of ageing time on the physical and structural properties as well as sorption-desorption of the drug was investigated. The obtained results suggest an inverse relationship with a solid density and surface area increasing as the pore size and volume decrease during ageing time. These results also revealed the effect of ageing time on the efficiency of sorption-desorption of the drug. An increase in ageing time results in an increase of the efficiency of drug sorption and a decrease in the rate of drug release.

Volume

24

Issue

7

First Page

682

Last Page

701

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/02652040701547658

ISSN

0265-2048

Comments

ESSN: 1464-5246

Rights

Taylor & Francis

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