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TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface-grafted remedial hydroxyapatite nanoparticles to avoid operational infections
AU - Zarif, F.
AU - Tabassum, S.
AU - Jamal, A.
AU - Gul, U.
AU - Gilani, M.A.
AU - Sharif, F.
AU - Zahid, S.
AU - Asif, A.
AU - Chaudhry, A.A.
AU - Rehman, I.U.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Development of economical bone repair materials that can avoid bone infections is a necessity. Hydroxyapatite (HA) and grafted hydroxyapatite (g-HA) were prepared by the in situ co-precipitation method and explored for controlled delivery of moxifloxacin. It was revealed that high surface area, surface charge, and low degree of crystallinity of g-HA enhanced its electrostatic interaction with an antibiotic moxifloxacin and improved in vitro release of the drug as compared to pure HA. In vitro antibacterial activity showed that drug release from HA and g-HA was effective against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The biocompatibility of HA and g-HA was confirmed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay.
AB - Development of economical bone repair materials that can avoid bone infections is a necessity. Hydroxyapatite (HA) and grafted hydroxyapatite (g-HA) were prepared by the in situ co-precipitation method and explored for controlled delivery of moxifloxacin. It was revealed that high surface area, surface charge, and low degree of crystallinity of g-HA enhanced its electrostatic interaction with an antibiotic moxifloxacin and improved in vitro release of the drug as compared to pure HA. In vitro antibacterial activity showed that drug release from HA and g-HA was effective against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The biocompatibility of HA and g-HA was confirmed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay.
KW - Ceramics
KW - Drug delivery
KW - Grafted hydroxyapatite
KW - Nanochemistry
KW - Surface
U2 - 10.1007/s00706-018-2339-z
DO - 10.1007/s00706-018-2339-z
M3 - Journal article
VL - 150
SP - 605
EP - 615
JO - Monatshefte fur Chemie
JF - Monatshefte fur Chemie
SN - 0026-9247
IS - 4
ER -