Abstract:
In order to reduce the dependence of the sol-gel transition temperature of the poloxamer hydrogel on the concentration, the poloxamer (P
407) was used as the substrate, and hexanoyl ethylene glycol chitosan (HGC) was compounded with poloxamer to prepare HGC/P
407 composite hydrogel. FTIR, SEM and tube inversion method were used to investigate the properties of HGC/P
407 composite hydrogel in different mass ratios, and the in vitro drug release performance of HGC/P
407 composite hydrogel was characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy. The results show that sol-gel transformation can occur in HGC/P
407 hydrogel based on 3% poloxam by controlling the addition of HGC, and the sol-gel transition temperature of HGC/P
407 hydrogel is between 32℃ and 37℃. HGC/P
407 composite hydrogel has high porosity with interconnected pores which size ranging from 10 to 90 µm. The release amount of the anticancer drug gemcitabine of HGC/P
407 composite hydrogel is 82%~90.6%, and the sustained release time can reach about 80 h. HGC/P
407 composite hydrogel has important application prospects in the field of injectable drug carriers.