Hydrolytic degradation characteristics of irradiated multi-layered PLGA films

Say Chye Joachim Loo; Wei Li Jason Tan; Shu Min Khoa; Ngeow Khing Chia; Subbu Venkatraman; Freddy Boey

doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.04.017

Hydrolytic degradation characteristics of irradiated multi-layered PLGA films

Say Chye Joachim Loo^*, Wei Li Jason Tan, Shu Min Khoa, Ngeow Khing Chia, Subbu Venkatraman, Freddy Boey

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Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) has been extensively investigated for controlled drug release. Because they undergo bulk degradation, they do not allow for a good controlled-release of drugs. The objective of this study is therefore to understand if a multi-layer-cum-irradiation technique would elicit surface erosion from PLGA polymers. A linear loss of mass and film thinning from PLGA films were observed. Also, the erosion of the top layer, of this multi-layered structure, accelerates degradation of the underlying layers. It is this effect that results in the observed pseudo-surface erosion for irradiated multi-layered PLGA.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	228-230
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume	360
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.04.017
Publication status	Published - Aug 6 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Pharmaceutical Science

Keywords

Electron beam irradiation
PLGA
Surface erosion

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