Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (2): 302-310.doi: 10.1007/s40242-015-5295-8

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Effect of Ionic Concentration on Drug Release from Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel Carriers Analyzed via Triphasic Mechanism Model

LIU Yabo, XU Yihan, ZHAO Yaru, JIA Yuxi   

  1. Key Laboratory for Liquid-solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, P. R. China
  • Received:2015-07-22 Revised:2015-09-14 Online:2016-04-01 Published:2015-11-02
  • Contact: JIA Yuxi E-mail:jia_yuxi@sdu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2012CB821500).

Abstract:

In different parts of the gastrointestinal tract, the rate of drug release from polyelectrolyte hydrogel tablets is highly affected by variance of ionic concentration. This research aims at revealing clearly how the drug release from a hydrogel matrix is affected by ionic concentration of external solution through the finite element simulation and triphasic mechanism model. The coupled relationship of the motions including the polyelectrolyte hydrogel swelling, the water flow and the ion diffusion, is illustrated in the present work. In order to simulate the drug controlled release from a swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogel carrier, the mathematical model was built on the basis of the multiphasic theory of polyelectrolyte hydrogels. Finally, the reliability of the simulation method was verified qualitatively by experimental results. The results reveal that when the initial concentration of fixed anions of polymer network is higher than the concentration of free anions in the external solution, the drug release rate increases with increasing the ionic concentration of the external solution. The research is helpful for the optimal design of oral drug release in gastrointestinal tract.

Key words: Polyelectrolyte hydrogel carrier, Triphasic mechanism model, Drug controlled release, Finite element simulation, Mathematical model