Drug-polymer interaction studies of cytarabine loaded chitosan nanoparticles

Assessment of possible incompatibilities between drug and excipients is an important parameter of preformulation stage during the pharmaceutical product development of active pharmaceutical ingredient (api). the potential physical and chemical interaction among the components of a delivery system can affect the chemical nature,bioavailability,stability,and subsequently therapeutic efficacy of drugs. in this study,atr-ftir spectroscopy was employed to investigate the possible intermolecular interaction of cytarabine with deacetylated chitosan and tripolyphosphate in the resulting physical blends and crosslinked nanoparticulate system. two different strategies,physical blending and ionotropic gelation,were adopted to prepare binary or tertiary mixtures and nanoparticulate formulation,respectively. the ir spectra of cb showed characteristic peaks at 3438.27 cm-1 (primary amine),3264.74 cm-1 (hydroxyl group) and 1654.98 cm-1 (c=o stretch in cyclic ring); cs at 3361.47 cm-1 (n-h stretching),1646.18 cm-1 (c=o of amide i),1582.36 cm-1 (c=o of amide ii),and stpp at 1135.77 cm-1 (p=o). cs-stpp chemical interaction was confirmed from the shift in the absorption band of carbonyl groups (amide i,ii) to 1634.66 cm-1 and 1541.17 cm-1 in blank chitosan nanoparticles,and 1636.87 cm-1,1543.33 cm-1 in csnp1 (2:6:1),and at 1646.15 cm-1 and 1557.04 cm-1 in csnp2 (1:3:1). the characteristic peaks of cb were also present in chitosan formulation with a slight shift in the amino group at 3429.43 cm-1 and 3423.21 cm-1,in the hydroxyl group at 3274.54 cm-1 and 3270.73 cm-1,csnp1 and csnp2,respectively. the findings counseled no significant interaction in ir absorption pattern of cytarabine functional groups after encapsulation in cs-stpp complex,which projected the potential of chitosan nanoparticulate system to entrap cytarabine. © 2017 chemical society of pakistan. all rights reserved.