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- Title
Modified Bacterial Cellulose Dressings to Treat Inflammatory Wounds.
- Authors
Beekmann, Uwe; Zahel, Paul; Karl, Berit; Schmölz, Lisa; Börner, Friedemann; Gerstmeier, Jana; Werz, Oliver; Lorkowski, Stefan; Wiegand, Cornelia; Fischer, Dagmar; Kralisch, Dana
- Abstract
Natural products suited for prophylaxis and therapy of inflammatory diseases have gained increasing importance. These compounds could be beneficially integrated into bacterial cellulose (BC), which is a natural hydropolymer applicable as a wound dressing and drug delivery system alike. This study presents experimental outcomes for a natural anti-inflammatory product concept of boswellic acids from frankincense formulated in BC. Using esterification respectively (resp.) oxidation and subsequent coupling with phenylalanine and tryptophan, post-modification of BC was tested to facilitate lipophilic active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) incorporation. Diclofenac sodium and indomethacin were used as anti-inflammatory model drugs before the findings were transferred to boswellic acids. By acetylation of BC fibers, the loading efficiency for the more lipophilic API indomethacin and the release was increased by up to 65.6% and 25%, respectively, while no significant differences in loading could be found for the API diclofenac sodium. Post-modifications could be made while preserving biocompatibility, essential wound dressing properties and anti-inflammatory efficacy. Eventually, in vitro wound closure experiments and evaluations of the effect of secondary dressings completed the study.
- Subjects
DRUG delivery systems; TRYPTOPHAN; NATURAL products; ANTI-inflammatory agents; CELLULOSE; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2020, Vol 10, Issue 12, p2508
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano10122508