Abstract
The purpose of this research was to design and evaluate chitosan-based films intended for wound dressing application. Required properties for successful wound dressing, such as liquid uptake, vapor and oxygen penetration, bioadhesiveness, and film elasticity, were examined. Water uptake and vapor penetration of the films were determined gravimetrically, while oxygen penetration was determined by Winkler’s method. The bioadhesive properties were determined with an in-house pulley system instrument using a pig gut model. Film elasticity was determined with a stretch test using an Instron apparatus. The results showed that pure chitosan films exhibited relatively high liquid uptake and the adsorption tended to decrease with the addition of Eudragit RS 30D. Moisture vapor and oxygen were found to be able to penetrate through all film formulations in comparable amounts. The bioadhesiveness test tended to show lower bioadhesive properties with the addition of Eudragit RS 30D. The formulation containing only chitosan exhibited low elongation of the film at 2 N, but the film elasticity increased with the addition of Eudragit RS 30D. In conclusion, the addition of Eudragit RS 30D could improve a film’s mechanical properties but lower its bioadhesiveness.
Keywords: wound dressing, chitosan hydrogels, Eudragit RS 30D
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