Carboxymethyl chitosan grafted with ricinoleic acid (CMC-g-RA), an amphiphilic drug carrier, was synthetized, loaded with rotenone (Rot), and characterized for particles shape, zeta potential, loading efficiency and outdoor stability. Results show that as the ratio of carrier to drug increased, the formulation exhibited monodisperse nanoparticles negative surface charge. The loading efficiency of the formulation was up to 68%. The outdoor test also indicated that the formulation with the higher loading efficiency prevented Rot degradation in natural environments.
The objective of this study was to synthesize new types of cholesteric liquid crystal compounds and study the anticoagulative properties of their composite membranes. Three kinds of cholesteric liquid crystal compounds were synthesized and characterized by infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and optical polarizing microscope. The polysiloxane, as a substrate, was blended with three liquid crystal compounds and was then used as membranes. The anticoagulative property of different polysiloxane liquid crystal composite membranes was identified by the blood compatibility tests. Three cholesteryl liquid crystals synthesized in this work contained hydrophilic soft chains and presented iridescent texture owned by cholesteric liquid crystals in the range of their liquid crystal state temperature, but only cholesteryl acryloyl oxytetraethylene glycol carbonate was in the liquid crystal state at body temperature. When liquid crystals were blended with polysiloxane to form polysiloxane/liquid crystal composite membranes, the haemocompatibility of these membranes could be improved to some extent. The blood compatibility of composite membranes whose hydrophilic property was the best was more excellent than that of other composite membranes, fewer platelets adhered and spread, and showed little distortion on the surface of materials.
A series of polymer/cholesteryl liquid crystal (LC) composite membranes were prepared. Polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride, as a substrate, were blended with cholesteryl tetraethylene glycol carbonate to form composite membranes in an electric field under normal conditions. The blood compatibility of composite materials was identified by the dynamic blood-clotting test, haemolysis ratio measurement, platelet adhesion and SEM observation. The results showed that the content of LC, the ordered extent of LC domains embedded in composite materials and the type of substrate have greater effects on the blood compatibility of polymer/LC composite materials. When the LC domains were properly oriented, polymer/LC composite membranes had an excellent haemocompatibility, fewer platelets were adhered and spread and showed little distortion on the surface of materials.
Microscope images analysis of erythrocyte (red blood cells, RBCs) was a widely used method for medical purpose. Usually manual measuring and analysis of the images were subject to time-consuming, errors and unstability of results. The images analysis method had been combined with computer image processing techniques in this research. A measuring and analysis system for microscope images(MIAS) of RBCs was developed, which could recognize RBCs in images and measure cells mophometric parameters. Normal human RBCs were compared with ones under high glucose. The results indicated RBCs sizes parameters such as areas, perimeters, major axis lengths, minor axis lengths, elongations, roundnesses and Feret diameters have difference between normal and high glucose conditions. RBCs normal disk shapes changed into acanthocyte and stomatocyte under higher glucose conditions. This fast and precise method for measuring RBCs morphometric parameters contributed to pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy(DN) research.
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