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7. RFP Loaded PLGA Coated Chitosan Microspheres Obtained by WSD Method7.2.3. Surface ChargeZeta potential of microparticles differed significantly between uncoated PLGA <strong>and</strong> <strong>chitosan</strong>coatedPLGA <strong>microspheres</strong> (Table 7.2). Chitosan coating shifted the negative zeta potential ofpure PLGA <strong>microspheres</strong> to positive values, in relation to the used <strong>chitosan</strong> concentration.Incre<strong>as</strong>ing <strong>chitosan</strong> concentrations shifted the zeta potential from negative to highly positivevalues, <strong>as</strong> a consequence of the incre<strong>as</strong>ing amount of free ionizable amino groups. But zetapotential is also affected by the presence of RFP. In fact RFP encapsulated microparticlesshowed an incre<strong>as</strong>ed zeta potential value. For instance, encapsulation of RFP shifted the zetapotential of uncoated PLGA particles from 2.80mV to -4.80 mV, where<strong>as</strong> for <strong>chitosan</strong>-coatedparticles the zeta potential values changed from 4mV to 14mV, <strong>and</strong> from 19mV to 37mV forthe lowest <strong>chitosan</strong> concentration <strong>and</strong> the highest <strong>chitosan</strong> concentration respectively (Table7.2). It means that the zeta potential of the PLGA particles w<strong>as</strong> affected by <strong>chitosan</strong>concentration in the external ph<strong>as</strong>e.7.2.4. Entrapment Efficiency (E%)Figure 3 shows encapsulation efficiency (E%) of prepared <strong>microspheres</strong>. In the present part ofthe work the influence of <strong>chitosan</strong> coating concentration on the RFP entrapment in PLGAcoated <strong>chitosan</strong> <strong>microspheres</strong> w<strong>as</strong> evaluated. The presence of <strong>chitosan</strong> coating on<strong>microspheres</strong> enhanced E%, which incre<strong>as</strong>ed <strong>as</strong> <strong>chitosan</strong> concentration incre<strong>as</strong>ed.In fact the highest E% were found for formulations with the highest amount of <strong>chitosan</strong> (0.5%<strong>and</strong> 0.75%). It h<strong>as</strong> been reported that added hydrophilic polymers to primary emulsion <strong>as</strong> <strong>as</strong>tabilizer could prevent loss of <strong>drug</strong> from the external ph<strong>as</strong>e.The presence of <strong>chitosan</strong> on particle surface is probably capable of preventing <strong>drug</strong> leakagesduring preparation but in particular during purification process (273).Figure 7.2 also shows that freeze-drying of microparticles did not result in statisticallyrelevant RFP leakage from any of the prepared <strong>microspheres</strong>.110

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