Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences (Apr 2024)

Effect of Dextrose Cross-Linked Glutaraldehyde Hydrogel on Wound Healing Activity

  • Senthil Keerthana,
  • Kalpana R

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_531_23
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 6
pp. 1195 – 1197

Abstract

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Dextrose cross-linked glutaraldehyde hydrogels are effective and promising drug delivery candidates. The addition of chitosan with dextrose resulted in the polymerization of material which resulted in the production of a gel-like structure that was highly viscous and had gelling properties. A swelling and absorption assay was conducted on the hydrogel. The dextrose cross-linked hydrogel has a higher absorption potential for distilled water followed by PBS and the least absorption was observed in the ethanol. Dextrose cross-linked hydrogel favors solubility in distilled water as compared to other solvents. The amoxicillin release by the dextrose cross-linked hydrogel was then tested. The result from drug release demonstrates that the dextrose cross-linked hydrogel released more than 55% of the amoxicillin in 2 hours and the remaining portion of the drug remaining. Therefore, it has a slow drug-release property, and it can be used for further wound-healing studies.

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