• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2001

Amphotericin B (AmB) is a drug of choice for the treatment of systemic fungal diseases, but its use is considerably limited due to a high incidence of toxicity, particularly nephrotoxicity. It has been demonstrated that the toxicity of AmB is caused by self-aggregated species of the drug and that unaggregated (monomeric) drug is nontoxic but still expresses antifungal activity. Poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO) is a water-soluble polymer, which may impact the aggregation state of AmB. We have studied the aggregation state of AmB as a function of PEO molecular weight and concentration. At 3,000 and 8,000 g/mole, there was minimal or no change of critical aggregation concentration (CAC) of AmB regardless of the concentration of polymer. By contrast at 20,000 g/mole, the CAC of AmB strikingly increased to 24.3 and $37.5\;{\mu}M$ at 5.0% and 10 % w/v of polymer, respectively. The critical overlap concentration (COC) of PEO 20,000 g/mole was 5.5%. It appears that an interaction between monomeric AmB and polymer coil increases above the COC, competing with self-aggregation of the drug. Accordingly, the degree of aggregation of AmB stayed low and the toxicity became less. There was no such effect at 3,000 and 8,000 g/mole of PEO, owing perhaps to small dimensions in comparison to AmB. Based upon these findings, less toxic AmB formulation may be developed by a pharmaceutical technique such as solid dispersion system containing both AmB and PEO 20,000 g/mole.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제12권3_4호
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• pp.175-179
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• 2000

Rheological properties of chitosan solutions were investigated as a function of polymer concentration. The viscosity curves for chitosan solutions consisted of two distinct viscosity regions, the Newtonian zero-shear viscosity (η$_{0}$) region and the shear rate dependent apparent viscosity (η$_{app}$) region. The shear rate dependence of viscosity was more clearly observed at higher chitosan concentrations. The critical coil overlap parameter (C＊〔η〕) was determined to be approximately 3.2 from a plot of zero-shear specific viscosity η$_{sp,0}$ vs coil overlap parameter (C〔η〕), which was lower than C〔η〕4.0 reported for other random coil polysaccharides. It was also found that the slope of η$_{sp,0}$ vs C〔η〕 was 3.9 at concentrated C〔η〕>C＊〔η〕domain, while 1.2 at dilute C〔η〕$_{0}$ ${\gamma}$/${\gamma}$$_{0.8}$ relation.ion.n.n.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.386-392
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• 1995

The high viscous ${\gamma}$-polyglutamic acid(${\gamma}$-PGA) from alkalophilic Alcaligenes sp. was purified and its solution property was investigated. The intrinsic viscosities for Na+ form and H+ form of ${\gamma}$-PGA were 31.1 and 0.38d$\ell$/g, respectively. The viscosity of H+-PGA was not influenced by pH or salts while that of Na+-PGA was influenced. The intrinsic viscosity of Na+-PGA solution decreased remarkably at the alkaline or acidic pH and showed the sharp decrease when salts were added. ${\gamma}$-PGA exhibited the property of the polyelectrolyte showing the .sharp decrease of intrinsic viscosity by the addition of NaCl, and intrinsic viscosity of dilute solution with the low concentration of NaCl was exponentially dependent on temperature and its temperature dependency increased with increasing NaCl concentration. The chain stiffness, coil overlap parameter and critical concentration of Na+-PGA were 0.08, 5.25 and 0.07g/d$\ell$, respectively.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제20권A호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2000

Highly viscous biopolymer from alkali-tolerant Bacillus sp. was purified and its solution properties were investigated. The intrinsic viscosities for crude biopolymer and biopolymers purified by dialysis or CPC(cetylpyridinium chloride) treatment were 58.24, 73.60 and 42.18 dL/g, respectively. The intrinsic viscosity of biopolymer showed the maximum value at the neutral pH but it was decreased remarkably at the alkaline or acidic pH. Biopolymer exhibited the property of polyelectrolyte, showing the sharp decrease of intrinsic viscosity by the addition of NaCl. Intrinsic viscosity of dilute solution at the low NaCl concentration was exponentially dependent on temperature and its temperature dependency was increased with NaCl concentrations. The chain stiffness, coil overlap parameter, and critical concentration were 0.09, 5.25 and 0.07g/dL, respectively. Temperature dependency on intrinsic viscosity of biopolymer solution was different each other at $45^{\circ}C$. Flow activation energies at temperatures above $45^{\circ}C$ were constant, while those at temperatures below $45^{\circ}C$ increased with increase of added NaCl concentration.

• 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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• pp.116-117
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• 2006

Increasing the solvent molecular size leads to shrinkage of the polymer chains and increase of the critical overlap concentrations. In addition, the dependency of $R_{g}$ on polymer concentration under normal solvent conditions and solvent molecular size is in good agreement with scaling laws. When the solvent molecular size approaches the ideal end-to-end distance of the polymer chain, an extra aggregation of polymer chains occurs, and the solvent becomes the so-called medium-sized solvent. When the size of solvent molecules is smaller than the medium size, the polymer chains are swollen or partially swollen. However, when the size of solvent molecules is larger than the medium size, the polymer coils shrink and segregate, enwrapped by the large solvent molecules.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.570-576
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• 2001

YOB에 $Eu^{3+}$를 첨가하여 고상 반응으로 합성하였다. YOBr: $Eu^{3+}$ 형광체는 621nm에서 강한 적색 발광을 보이며, $Eu^{3+}$이온 농도가 0.05mol일 때 외대 발광 휘도를 나타냈다. 이때, 적색 발광을 유발하는 전이는 $^5D_0{\to} ^7F_2$ 이며, $Eu^{3+}$이온의 농도에 따른 발광 스펙트럼과 잔광시간 곡선을 통해 YOBr: $Eu^{3+}$형광체의 PL거동을 규명하였다. Inokuti-Hirayama식으로 잔광시간 곡선을 fitting 한 결과, YOBr내의 $Eu^{3+}$간 다중 극자 상호작용 유형(multipolar interaction)은 쌍극자-쌍극자 상효작용(dipole-dipole interaction)으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 본 연구에서는 임계거리를 구하기 위해 임계농도에 의한 계산 외에도 Inokuti-Hirayama식으로부터 fitting한 C/$C_0$값으로 구하는 방법과 $Eu^{3+}$의 여기 및 발광 스펙트럼으로 spectral overlap하여 임계거리를 구하고자 시도 하였다. 각각의 방법으로 구한 임계거리는 17.30, 10.51 및 7.18$\AA$으로 약간의 편차를 보이지만 대략적인 크기를 갖고 있어, 이는 계산이나 측정상의 오차를 감안하면 모두 임계거리를 구하는 유용한 방법으로 판단된다.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2010

The effects of molecular weight (MW) and concentration on the rheological properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solutions in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were investigated at $30^{\circ}C$. Ubbelohde viscometer and rotational rheometer were employed for dilute and concentrated regime, respectively. In the dilute regime, the Mark-Houwink exponent ($\alpha$) of the solutions determined from three different MWs proved 0.73. The critical concentration (C*), in which the entanglement and overlap of polymer molecules began to take place, decreased with increasing the MW of PVA. Huggins constant ($K_H$) values ranged from 0.33 to 0.45 over the MW examined. In the log-log plot of $\eta_{sp}$ versus [$\eta$]C, the PVA with higher degree of polymerization (DP) gave a greater slope exhibiting the inflection point in the vicinity of C*. In the dynamic viscosity ($\eta'$) curve, the PVA solutions of DP 1700 presented Newtonian fluid behavior over most of the frequency range examined. However, the lower Newtonian flow region reduced with increasing the DP. As the PVA concentration increased, $\eta'$ was increased and the onset shear rate for pseudoplasticity was decreased. In the Cole-Cole plot, PVA solutions showed almost a single master curve in a slope of ca. 1.65 regardless of the DP. However, the increase of the concentration from 8 to 12 wt% for PVA solutions of DP 5000 decreased the slope from 1.73 to 1.57. In the tan $\delta$ curve, the onset frequency for sol-gel transition was shifted from 154 to 92 rad/s with increasing the DP from 3300 to 5000 and from 192 to 46 rad/s with increasing the concentration from 8 to 12 wt%. In addition, longer relaxation time ($\lambda$) was observed with increasing the DP and concentration.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.799-806
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• 1995

고유점도가 3.75 dL/g인 감귤류 펙틴 용액의 전단점도 및 점탄성에 대한 농도의존성을 연구하였다. 전형적인 자수법칙 흐름 현상이 2.0% 이상의 펙틴 농도에서 관찰되었으며, 전단점도의 전단속도 의존성은 농도의 증가에 따라 더욱 뚜렷하게 나타났다. ${\eta}_{sp.o}$ 대 $C[\eta]$를 양대수 좌표에 그렸을 때 묽은 영역에서 진한 영역으로의 전이를 나타내는 $C^{*}[\eta]$는 약 4.0이었으며, 이때 ${\eta}_{sp.o}$의 값은 약 10.0을 나타내었다. 묽은 용액$(C[\eta]과 진한 용액$(C[\eta]>C^{*}[\eta])$에서 ${\eta}_{sp.o}$ $C[\eta]$의 기울기는 각각 1.1과 4.5였다. 전단점도를 ${\eta}/{\eta_0}$ 대 ${\gamma}/{\gamma}_{0.8}$에 대하여 그렸을 때 $2{\sim}5%$의 농도에서는 잘 중첩되었으나, 6%의 고농도에서는 중첩곡선에서 벗어나는 현상을 보였다. 펙틴 용액의 점탄성을 조사한 결과 전 농도범위에서 손실탄성률$(G^{\prime\prime})$의 값이 저장탄성률$(G^\prime)$보다 훨씬 높은 값을 보여 점성이 전체 점탄성을 지배하는 것으로 나타났다. 저 농도에서 전단점도는 복소점도와 거의 비슷한 값을 보여 Cox-Merz 법칙에 잘 부합하였으나, 농도가 높아질수록 두 값은 차이를 보였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.590-597
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• 2000

${\beta}-Glucan$의 점증제 및 겔화제로서의 이용성을 규명하기 위하여 메성 및 찰성보리 ${\beta}-glucan$ 용액의 리을로지 특성을 비교하였다. 메성 및 찰성보리 ${\beta}-glucan$ 용액 모두 의가소생 유체 특성을 나타내었으며, Power law mdel에 잘 적용되었다. Arrhenius 식에 의해 구한 층밀림 속도 $700s^{-1}$에서의 겉보기 점도의 활성화에 너지는 농도가 1%에서 4%로 .증가함에 따라 메성 ${\beta}-glucan$의 경우 20.01에서 16.78kj/mol로, 찰성 ${\beta}-glucan$의 경우 지수의 경우 27.18에서 17.82kj/mol로 감소하였으며, 지수함수식에 의해 구한 농도의존성 상수인 A는 온도가 $20^{circ}C$에서 $65^{circ}C$로 증가함에 따라 메성 ${\beta}-glucan$의 경우 $0.37%^{-1}$에서 $0.42%^{-1}$로, 찰성 ${\beta}-glucan$의 경우 $0.49%^{-1}$에서 $0.57%^{-1}$로 증가하였다. 찰성보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 고유점도는 2.38dL/g으로 메성보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 1.60dL/g보다 높게 나타났으며, 비점도와 환원농도의 관계에서 구한 critical coil overlap parameter($C^*[{\eta}]$)를 경계로 기울기가 달라져 $C[{\eta}] 영역에서는 메성 및 찰성보리 ${\beta}-glucan$ 간에 차이가 나지 않았지만 $C[{\eta}]>C^*[{\eta}]$ 영역에서는 각각 2.907과 3.757을 나타내었다. 동적점탄성 측청 결과 진동수 변환중 cross-over가 일어나고 이후의 진동수 영역에서는 저장탄성율이 손실탄성율보다 높은 값을 나타내었으며, 24시간 경과 후 겔을 형성하여 겔화제로서의 이용 가능성을 보여주었다.