Molecules 2011, 16(8), 6778-6790; doi:10.3390/molecules16086778
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A Biomimetic Chitosan Derivates: Preparation, Characterization and Transdermal Enhancement Studies of N-Arginine Chitosan

Hui-Xia Lv 1,† email, Zhen-Hai Zhang 2,† email, Xiao-Pan Wang 1 , Qing-Qing Cheng 1 , Wei Wang 1 , Xu-Hui Huang 3,* email, Jian-Ping Zhou 1,* email, Qiang Zhang 4 email, Lu-Lu Hou 5 email and Wei Huo 5
1 Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, No. 24 tongjiaxiang Nanjing, China 2 Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, No. 100 shizhijie Nanjing, China 3 Department of Pharmacy, Fujian Provincial Hospital, China. No.134 dongjie Fuzhou, China 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, No.38 Xueyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, China 5 Jiangxi Xierkangtai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., North Zone, High-New Technology Industrial Zone, Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China † These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Received: 11 July 2011; in revised form: 25 July 2011 / Accepted: 1 August 2011 / Published: 9 August 2011
(This article belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
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Abstract: A novel arginine-rich chitosan (CS) derivates mimicked cell penetration peptides; N-Arginine chitosan (N-Arg-CS) was prepared by two reaction methods involving activated L-arginine and the amine group on the chitosan. FTIR spectra showed that arginine was chemically coupled with CS. Elemental analysis estimated that the degrees of substitution (DS) of arginine in CS were 6%, 31.3% and 61.5%, respectively. The drug adefovir was chosen as model and its permeation flux across excised mice skin was investigated using a Franz diffusion cell. The results showed that the most effective enhancer was 2% (w/v) concentration of 10 kDa N-Arg-CS with 6% DS. At neutral pH, the cumulative amount of adefovir permeated after 12 hours was 2.63 ± 0.19 mg cm−2 which was 5.83-fold more than adefovir aqueous solution. Meanwhile N-Arg-CS was 1.83, 2.22, and 2.45 times more effective than Azone, eucalyptus and peppermint, respectively. The obtained results suggest that N-Arg-CS could be a promising transdermal enhancer.
Keywords: biomimetic chitosan derivates; arginine-rich; cell penetration peptides; N-arginine chitosan; transdermal enhancer; adefovir

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Lv, H.-X.; Zhang, Z.-H.; Wang, X.-P.; Cheng, Q.-Q.; Wang, W.; Huang, X.-H.; Zhou, J.-P.; Zhang, Q.; Hou, L.-L.; Huo, W. A Biomimetic Chitosan Derivates: Preparation, Characterization and Transdermal Enhancement Studies of N-Arginine Chitosan. Molecules 2011, 16, 6778-6790.

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Lv H-X, Zhang Z-H, Wang X-P, Cheng Q-Q, Wang W, Huang X-H, Zhou J-P, Zhang Q, Hou L-L, Huo W. A Biomimetic Chitosan Derivates: Preparation, Characterization and Transdermal Enhancement Studies of N-Arginine Chitosan. Molecules. 2011; 16(8):6778-6790.

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Lv, Hui-Xia; Zhang, Zhen-Hai; Wang, Xiao-Pan; Cheng, Qing-Qing; Wang, Wei; Huang, Xu-Hui; Zhou, Jian-Ping; Zhang, Qiang; Hou, Lu-Lu; Huo, Wei. 2011. "A Biomimetic Chitosan Derivates: Preparation, Characterization and Transdermal Enhancement Studies of N-Arginine Chitosan." Molecules 16, no. 8: 6778-6790.

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