Glucosamine/L-lactide copolymers as potential carriers for the development of a sustained rifampicin release system using Mycobacterium smegmatis as a tuberculosis model

The present study aims at developing a new, ultrafine particle-based efficient antibiotic delivery system for the treatment of tuberculosis. The carrier material to make the rifampicin (RIF)-loaded particles is a low molecular weight star-shaped polymer produced from glucosamine (core building unit)...

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Main Authors: Jorge Ragusa, Daniela Gonzalez, Sumin Li, Sandra Noriega, Maciej Skotak, Gustavo Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019305080