Increasing Bioavailability of Trans-Ferulic Acid by Encapsulation in Functionalized Mesoporous Silica.

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Title: Increasing Bioavailability of Trans-Ferulic Acid by Encapsulation in Functionalized Mesoporous Silica.
Authors: Petrișor, Gabriela1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Motelica, Ludmila1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Ficai, Denisa2,3,4 (AUTHOR), Ilie, Cornelia-Ioana1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Trușcǎ, Roxana Doina1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Surdu, Vasile-Adrian1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Oprea, Ovidiu-Cristian2,3,4,5 (AUTHOR) ovidiu73@yahoo.com, Mȋrț, Andreea-Luiza1,2,3,6 (AUTHOR), Vasilievici, Gabriel6 (AUTHOR), Semenescu, Augustin7 (AUTHOR), Ficai, Anton1,2,3,5 (AUTHOR), Dițu, Lia-Mara8,9 (AUTHOR)
Source: Pharmaceutics. Feb2023, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p660. 19p.
Subject Terms: *MESOPOROUS silica, *MESOPOROUS materials, *FERULIC acid, *FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy, *PLANT polyphenols, *BIOAVAILABILITY
Abstract: Two types of mesoporous materials, MCM-41 and MCM-48, were functionalized by the soft-template method using (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) as a modifying agent. The obtained mesoporous silica materials were loaded with trans-ferulic acid (FA). In order to establish the morphology and structure of mesoporous materials, a series of specific techniques were used such as: X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). We monitored the in vitro release of the loaded FA at two different pH values, by using simulated gastric fluid (SGF) and simulated intestinal fluid (SIF). Additionally, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 and Candida albicans ATCC 10231 were used to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of FA loaded mesoporous silica materials. In conclusion such functionalized mesoporous materials can be employed as controlled release systems for polyphenols extracted from natural sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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ISSN:19994923
DOI:10.3390/pharmaceutics15020660
Published in:Pharmaceutics
Language:English