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Functionalization of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Sustained-releasing Ofloxacin

  • LI Sanqing;LIU Yaochi;YU Jingang
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  • 1. Infectious Diseases Department, the PLA 425 Hospital, Sanya 572000, Hainan Province, China;2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Received date: 2013-01-05

  Revised date: 2013-02-05

  Online published: 2013-03-28

Abstract

As the third generation of synthetic flouroquinolone antibacterials, the ofloxacin is a potent antifungal agent with a broad antifungal spectrum, a strong antibacterial activity, the ability of completely oral absorption,a wide distribution in tissue and a high bioavailability. By using the nitric acid to treat multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) under the microwave irradiation, the carboxyl groups were introduced onto the MWNTs and the oxidized MWNTs (MWNTs-COOH) were prepared. Catalized by the p-toluenesulfonic acid, the poly(ethylene glycol) modified MWNTs (PEG-g-MWNTs) with good dispersivity were synthesized. The PEG-g-MWNTs composites were used as the drug delivery for drug loading/releasing of the ofloxacin. It is indicated that the PEG-g-MWNTs has a great load rate (92.8%) for the ofloxacin, which can be sustained, controlled and released in the phosphate buffer solution (pH=7.4) in 24h.

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LI Sanqing;LIU Yaochi;YU Jingang . Functionalization of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Sustained-releasing Ofloxacin[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2013 , 31(9) : 23 -26 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2013.09.002

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