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Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials | ISSN: 2155-952X | Volume: 8
3rd World Biotechnology Congress
December 03-04, 2018 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Freeze-dried wafers for anti-inflammatory topical delivery
Laura de Oliveira and Juliana Souza Ribeiro Costa
University of Campinas, Brazil
Statement of the Problem: Damage to the skin, like wounds, triggers the cascade of events that generally culminate in
tissue repair. In some severe conditions, the complete repair of skin is prolonged or impaired due to excessive inflammation.
These cases requires wound dressings, generally carrying drugs to prevent contamination and other properties. Curcumin,
a major component of the rhizomes of Curcuma longa, has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties known for
centuries in Indian medicine, but is undervalued as a dressing active. Concerning the dressing matrix, natural biopolymers
are biocompatible, biodegradable and allows sustained active release. Although they are extensively studied, freeze-dried
formulations are practically inexistent. Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop and characterize physicochemical
aspects of a bio-polymeric topical wafer for sustained release of curcumin.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: The wafers were obtained by freeze-drying alginate and gelatin gels in micro-well
plates under a product temperature driven process (Lyostar 3 pilot freeze-drier). Characterization consisted on evaluation
of critical quality attributes pre and post freeze-drying. Pre evaluation considered pH, zeta potential and gel rheology. Post
evaluation included visual appearance, residual moisture and drug release profile.
Findings: Gels presented pH of 6.4, adequate to topical application, zeta potential of -30.2 mV (± 2.7 mV) and a rheological
profile showed in figure 1. Wafers showed a uniform yellowish color, adequate residual moisture and easy detachment of the
well. Preliminary drug dissolution studies over a 2-hour period showed 37.8 % (± 4.2 %) cumulative drug release for the wafers
obtained from gels containing curcumin.
Conclusion & Significance: These results show the physicochemical feasibility of developing a sustained delivery system for
curcumin by combining gelatin and sodium alginate, which allows further in vitro/in vivo studies of wound repair.
Biography
Laura de Oliveira Nascimento is a pharmacist (USP, Brazil -2007), with PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (USP, Brazil - 2011) and doctorate Sandwich at Boston
University, MA, USA (2009). She is currently Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology of the University of Campinas (Unicamp, Brazil). Her research focus is the
delivery of pharmaceutical active ingredients by nanostructured and lyophilized systems.
Laura de Oliveira et al., J Biotechnol Biomater 2018, Volume: 8
DOI: 10.4172/2155-952X-C7-106