• 폴리머
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.128-138
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• 2002

종양부위 또는 종양을 수술로 제거한 부위에 직접 이식하여 항암제를 투여함으로써 종양 또는 종양재발을 억제하는 악성뇌종양치료에 이용하기 위한 국소서방성 항암제제로서 항암제 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU, Carmustine)가 함유된 poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA, 락타이드와 글리콜라이드 몰비 75 : 25) 미분말을 제조하여 웨이퍼로 성형하였다. BCNU가 함유된 PLGA 미분말은 분사건조법에 의해 제조하였으며 주사전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과 제조된 미분말은 미립구의 형태를 나타내었다. XRD와 DSC를 통하여 PLGA에 포접된 BCNU의 결정성이 현저히 감소하였음을 확인하였다. 생체외 방출시험조건에서 BCNU의 방출경향은 PLGA의 분자량 및 농도, BCNU의 함량 등에 의존하였으며 초기 burst effect 이후 거의 0차 방출의 경향으로 8주 이상 지속적인 방출경향을 나타내었다. 방출시험기간 동안 웨이퍼의 형태변화를 관찰하고 방출시험액의 pH 변화를 측정함으로써 BCNU의 함량이 증가할수록 PLGA의 수화와 분해가 촉진됨을 확인하였다.

• 폴리머
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.335-343
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• 2004

카뮤스틴 (1,3-bis(2-chloroethy1-nitrosourea, BICNU)은 뇌종양 치료를 위하여 임상적으로 사용되는 약물로 짧은 생물학적 반감기를 가지고 있어 장기방출에 적합하지 않다. 하지만, poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)는 벌크 분해 특성으로 인해 약물의 장기방출에 유용하며, PLGA의 유도체인 글리콜라이드 단량체는 독성이 없고 PLGA와 유사한 생분해성을 가지고 있어 BICNU의 방출조절에 이용된다. 이 실험에서 BICNU를 함유한 PLGA 웨이퍼는 일반적인 직접압축법에 의해 제조한 후 BICNU의 방출거동과 웨이펴의 분해속도를 전자주사현미경, 핵자기공명장치 그리고 젤투과크로마토그래피를 통해 관찰하였다. 또한, 글리콜라이드 단량체의 함량변화에 따른 다중층 웨이퍼를 제조하여 단일층 웨이퍼와의 방출거동을 비교하였다. 이러한 결과들로부터 BICNU를 함유한 PLGA 웨이퍼의 약물방출은 BICNU와 글리콜라이드 단량체의 함량이 증가할수록 증가하였고, 다중층 웨이퍼에서 외부층의 글리콜라이드 단량체와 BICNU가 약물방출 거동과 분해속도에 영향을 미친다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.137-144
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• 1996

The study was carried out for the preparation and evaluation of a buoyant hydrogel matrix (BHM), which is buoyant in a neutral or in pH 2.0 buffer solution, by the aspects of buoyancy, swelling, and drug release. Physical mixtures of HPC and CP in various molar ratio were employed as a mucoadhesive polymer which swells and controls the rate of drug release. Anhydrous citric acid and sodium bicarbonate in the molar ratio of 1:3 were employed as effervescing agents which provide a buoyancy for the mucoadhesive polymeric matrix. The buoyancy in vitro was expressed as both floating time$(T_{fl})$ and surfing time$(T_{sf})$, which are the time required for floating from the bottom to the surface of the medium and the time to keep the floated state at the surface of medium during release studies, respectively. A close relationship was observed between the buoyancy and the amount of effervescing agent added. $T_{fl}$ of the buoyant hydrogel matrices were decreased to about 10 seconds linearly with increasing the amount of effervescing agent in the range of 5 to 15%. $T_{sf}$ of the buoyant hydrogel matrices were varied from 1 to 3 hr depending on the amount of effervescing agent. The swelling was observed by changes in diameter of the buoyant hydrogel matrices in distilled water or acidic buffer solution, resulted in dependences on pH and the amount of effervescing agents. The release of hydrochlorothiazide from the buoyant hydrogel matrices were followed by apparent zero-order kinetics, while the buoyant hydrogel matrices were floated at the surface and maintaining their swollen shapes.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.334-340
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• 2003

In order to fabricate new sustained delivery device of nerve growth factor (NGF), we developed NGF-loaded biodegradable poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA, the mole ratio of lactide to glycolide 75:25, molecular weight: 83,000 and 43,000 g/mole, respectively) film by novel and simple sandwich solvent casting method for the possibility of the application of neural tissue engineering. PLGA was copolymerized by direct condensation reaction and the molecular weight was controlled by reaction time. Released behavior of NGF from NGF-loaded films was characterized by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and degradation characteristics were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The bioactivity of released NGF was identified using a rat pheochromocytoma (PC-12) cell based bioassay. The release of NGF from the NGF-loaded PLGA films was prolonged over 35 days with zero-order rate of 0.5-0.8 ng NGF/day without initial burst and could be controlled by the variations of molecular weight and NGF loading amount. After 7 days NGF released in phosphate buffered saline and PC-12 cell cultured on the NGF-loaded PLGA film for 3 days. The released NGF stimulated neurite sprouting in cultured PC-12 cells, that is to say, the remained NGF in the NGF/PLGA film at 37 $^{\circ}C$ for 7 days was still bioactive. This study suggested that NGF-loaded PLGA sandwich film is released the desired period in delivery system and useful neuronal growth culture as nerve contact guidance tube for the application of neural tissue engineering.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.467-475
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• 2001

A triblock copolymer based on $poly(\varepsilon-caprolactone)$ (PCL) as the hydrophobic part and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as the hydrophilic portion was synthesized by a ring-opening mechanism of ${\varepsilon}-caprolactone$ with PEG containing a hydroxyl group at bot h ends as an initiator. The synthesized block copolymers of PCL/PEG/PCL (CEC) were confirmed and characterized using various analysis equipment such as 1H NMR, DSC, FT-IR, and WAXD. Core-shell type nanoparticles of CEC triblock copolymers were prepared using a dialysis technique to estimate their potential as a colloidal drug carrier using a hydrophobic drug. From the results of particle size analysis and transmission electron microscopy, the particle size of CEC core-shell type nanoparticles was determined to be about 20-60 nm with a spherical shape. Since CEC block copolymer nanoparticles have a core-shell type micellar structure and small particle size similar to polymeric micelles, CEC block copolymer can self-associate at certain concentrations and the critical association concentration (CAC) was able to be determined by fluorescence probe techniques. The CAC values of the CEC block copolymers were dependent on the PCL block length. In addition, drug loading contents were dependent on the PCL block length: the larger the PCL block length, the higher the drug loading content. Drug release from CEC core-shell type nanoparticles showed an initial burst release for the first 12 hrs followed by pseudo-zero order release kinetics for 2 or 3 days. CEC-2 block copolymer core-shell type nanoparticles were degraded very slowly, suggesting that the drug release kinetics were governed by a diffusion mechanism rather than a degradation mechanism irrelevant to the CEC block copolymer composition.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.260-265
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• 2005

약물의 서방화에 있어서 독성이 특히 강하거나 유효 치료영역이 좁은 약물일수록 초기 버스트는 매우 중요하다. 이러한 약물의 전달을 위한 단일층으로 이루어진 나노미립구의 이용은 표면에 존재하는 약물 때문에 초기 버스트가 커서 서방화에 적절치 못하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 생분해성 고분자인 덱스트란과 락타이드-글리콜라이드 공중합체(PLCA)를 이용한 이중층 나노미립구를 제조하여 서방성 방출 거동을 보이는 약물 전달체 제조에 대한 연구를 수행 하였다. 덱스트란과 PLCA의 나노미립구는 W/O/W법을 이용하여 이중 에멀젼 과정을 통해 제조하였고 계면활성제로는 폴리(비닐 알코올)(PVA)을 사용하였다. 덱스트란의 생체외 방출 거동을 확인하기 위해 동결 건조된 시료를 직경 $3{\times}1mm$ 몰드를 이용하여 웨이퍼를 제조하여 증류수에서 7일간 방출 거동을 확인하였다. 이중층 나노미립구는 각각의 단일고분자로 이루어진 나노미립구에 비해 다른 방출거동을 보였다. 특히 유화제인 PVA농도가 $0.2\%$인 것이 0차 방출에 가까운 결과를 보였다. 본 실험을 통해 대조군인 물리적인 혼합 모델, 덱스트란 또는 PLGA로만 이루어진 웨이퍼 및 단일층 미립구에 비해 이중층 나노미립구의 내부물질인 덱스트란의 방출 거동이 서방형을 보임을 확인할 수 있었으며 PVA의 함량에 따라 방출 거동을 조절할 수 있었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.468-474
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• 2005

약물 전달체로서 캬비톨에 의해 개시된 PLGA와 PCL은 락타이드, 글라이콜라이드, 그리고 카프로락톤의 개환 중합에 의해서 합성되었다. 이들 합성고분자를 이용한 이식형 웨이퍼는 합성고분자와 모델 단백질 약물로서 소혈청알부민의 물리적 혼합 후에 성형 압축법에 의해서 간단히 제조되었다. 웨이퍼로부터 알부민의 방출량은 형광측정기를 사용하여 형광 강도에 의해서 측정되었다. 또한 웨이퍼에서 알부민의 방출거동은 콜라겐, 소장점막하조직, 폴리비닐피롤리돈, 그리고 폴리에틸렌글리콜과 같은 첨가제를 통해 조절되었다. PLGA와 PCL로만 준비된 웨이퍼에서의 알부민의 방출은 30일 동안 $10\%$ 미만의 느린 방출거동을 보였다. 그러나 첨가제를 함유한 웨이퍼는 첨가제 함량에 따라서 다양한 서방형의 방출거동을 보였다. 더욱이 콜라겐과 소장점막하조직과 같은 천연재료를 함유한 웨이퍼는 폴리비닐피롤리돈, 폴리에틸렌글리콜과 같은 합성재료를 함유한 웨이퍼보다 0차 방출의 거동을 보였다. 이러한 이식형 웨이퍼로부터 알부민의 방출은 천연재료의 첨가를 통해 쉽게 조절할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.87-92
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• 1989

The multilayered monolithic type transdermal delivery device has been designed and analyzed by a numerical analysis. The device consists of three layered polymer matrices which posess the different diffusion parameters, respectively. The purpose of this study was to design an ideal transdermal drug delivery device which is capable of initial burst and zero order release later on. Numerical modelings were simulated for a dispersed and a dissolved multilayered monolithic system. The results showed that the dispersed multilayered monolithic system could meet the requirements for an ideal transdermal delivery device.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.649-652
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• 2003

Polymeric nanoparticles composed of polystyrene (PS) as core and poly(methacrylic acid) (PMA) as corona were prepared by the dispersion copolymerization. The potential of the nanoparticles as carriers for recombinant human epidermal growth factor (EGF) was investigated. The nanoparticles showed monodispersity and good water-dispersibility. The loading content of EGF to the nanoparticles was very high due to electrostatic interaction between EGF and nanoparticles. EGF was released as a pseudo-zero order pattern after initial burst effect. The nanoparticles were sufficient for A431 cells proliferation.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.679-687
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• 2007

Nanoscale zero valent ion (nZVI) technology is emerging as an innovative method to treat contaminated groundwater. The activity of nZVI is very high due to their high specific surface area, and supporting this material can help to preserve its chemical nature by inhibiting oxidation. In this study, nZVI particles were attached to granular ion-exchange resin through borohydride reduction of ferrous ions, and chemical reduction of nitrate by this material was investigated as a potential technology to remove nitrate from groundwater. The pore structure and physical characteristics were measured and the change by the adsorption of nZVI was discussed. Batch tests were conducted to characterize the activity of the supported nZVI and the results indicated that the degradation of nitrate appeared to be a pseudo first-order reaction with the observed reaction rate constant of $0.425h^{-1}$ without pH control. The reduction process continued but at a much lower rate with a rate constant of $0.044h^{-1}$, which is likely limited by mass transfer. To assess the effects of other ions commonly found in groundwater, the same experiments were conducted in simulated groundwater with the same level of nitrate. In simulated groundwater, the rate constant was $0.078h^{-1}$ and it also reduced to $0.0021h^{-1}$ in later phase. The major limitation in application of ZVI for nitrate reduction is ammonium production. By using a support material with ion exchange capacity, the problem of ammonium release can be solved. The ammonium was not detected in the batch test, even when other competitive ions such as calcium and potassium existed.