[Preparation and degradation behavior of PELGE nanoparticles]

Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2004 Dec;21(6):921-5.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

A series of poly (lacticacid-co-glycolicacid)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLGA-PEG, PELGA) block copolymers and poly (ethylene glycol)-poly (lacticacid-co-glycolicacid)-poly (ethylene-glycol) (PELGE) was synthesized by ring-opening polymerization. PELGA nanoparticles and PELGE nanoparticles were prepared using the emulsion-solvent evaporation technique (O/W). To study the behavior and mechanism of the degradation of PELGA-NP and PELGA-NP, we determined the lactic acids by UV spectrophotometry. The method confirmed that degradation was much faster for polymers with a decrease in the LA content of the polymers or an increase in the PEG content of the polymers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • Drug Carriers*
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / chemical synthesis
  • Lactic Acid / chemistry*
  • Microspheres
  • Nanostructures*
  • Nanotechnology
  • Polyesters / chemical synthesis
  • Polyesters / chemistry
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemical synthesis
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry*
  • Polyglactin 910 / chemistry
  • Polyglycolic Acid / chemical synthesis
  • Polyglycolic Acid / chemistry*
  • Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis
  • Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Drug Carriers
  • Polyesters
  • Polymers
  • Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer
  • Polyglycolic Acid
  • Lactic Acid
  • Polyglactin 910
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • monomethoxypolyethylene glycol