Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/102766
Author(s): Diana Paiva
Galya Ivanova
Maria do Carmo Pereira
Sandra Rocha
Title: Chitosan conjugates for DNA delivery
Issue Date: 2013
Abstract: Graft copolymers of chitosan and maltodextrin were synthesized by reductive amination of a low molecular weight chitosan. The degree of substitution is 70% or above, as quantified by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, at molar ratios of chitosan glucosamine units and maltodextrin of 1 : 1 and 1 : 5. The high substitution degree generates a water-soluble compound at pH 7.4 by reducing the amino groups of chitosan. In addition, the copolymer self-assembles into spherical nanoparticles with diameters of about 300 nm. The mass polymer/DNA ratios at the isoelectric point are within the range of 3-3.5 for chitosan-maltodextrin nanoparticles as determined by electrophoretic mobility measurements. These results confirm that DNA interacts efficiently with the copolymer nanoparticles indicating a potential application of the system for DNA delivery.
Subject: Ciências Tecnológicas, Ciências da Saúde, Química
Technological sciences, Health sciences, Chemical sciences
Scientific areas: Ciências exactas e naturais::Química
Natural sciences::Chemical sciences
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/102766
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Document Type: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
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