Title
Development of an antimicrobial and antioxidant hydrogel/nano-electrospun wound dressing
Date Issued
18 August 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Romero-Montero A.
Labra-Vázquez P.
Puiggalà J.
Garciá-Arrazola R.
Montiel C.
Gimeno M.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Publisher(s)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract
A nanocomposite based on an antibiotic-loaded hydrogel into a nano-electrospun fibre with antimicrobial and antioxidant capacities is investigated. The material is composed of nanofibres of enzymatic PCL grafted with poly(gallic acid) (PGAL), a recently developed enzyme-mediated hydrophilic polymer that features a multiradical and polyanionic nature in a helicoidal secondary structure. An extensive experimental-theoretical study on the molecular structure and morphological characterizations for this nanocomposite are discussed. The hydrogel network is formed by sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) loaded with the broad-spectrum antibiotic clindamycin. This nano electrospun biomaterial inhibits a strain of Staphylococcus aureus, which is the main cause of nosocomial infections. The SPTT assay demonstrates that PGAL side chains also improve the release rates for this bactericide owing to the crosslinking to the CMC hydrogel matrix. The absence of hemolytic activity and the viability of epithelial cells demonstrates that this nanocomposite has no cytotoxicity.
Start page
30508
End page
30518
Volume
10
Issue
51
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
FarmacologÃa, Farmacia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090348269
Source
RSC Advances
ISSN of the container
20462069
Sponsor(s)
We thank DGAPA-UNAM for funding (PAPIIT IN200520) and CONACyT for doctoral scholarships for A. R.-M. (336576) and P. L.-V. (337958). The authors are in debt to support from MINECO and FEDER (RTI2018-101827-B-I00) and the General-itat de Catalunya (2017SGR373).
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