화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Materials Science, Vol.46, No.8, 2510-2517, 2011
Fabrication and characterization of porous poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microspheres for use as a drug delivery system
In this work, Simvastatin (SIM) loaded porous poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microspheres were fabricated using the W/O/W1/W2 double emulsion and solvent evaporation method. The optimal conditions for fabricating porous PLGA microspheres were determined to be 20% distilled water (v/v), 10% PLGA (m/v), and a 4:1 ratio of internal polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to dichloromethane (DCM). The pores size distribution of porous PLGA microspheres was varied from 0.01 to 40 mu m, while their particle displayed a bimodal size distribution that had two diameter peaks at around 100 mu m and 500 mu m. The SIM encapsulation efficacy was found to be very high with a yield near 80% and the porous PLGA microspheres showed the excellent biocompatibility. In addition, the drug release profile was found to be significantly different from a temporal basis. Base on the combined results of this study, SIM loaded PLGA microspheres holds great promise for use in biomedical applications, especially in drug delivery system or tissue regeneration.