RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR AND MICROBIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CARBOPOL® HYDROGELS

Authors

  • Emese SIPOS Department of Pharmaceutical Industry and Management, Faculty of Pharmacy, "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, Târgu Mureș, Romania. Corresponding author: szabo.zoltan@umftgm.ro.
  • Zoltán-István SZABÓ Department of Pharmaceutical Industry and Management, Faculty of Pharmacy, "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, Târgu Mureș, Romania. Email: szabo.zoltan@umftgm.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4625-6525
  • Lilla LŐRINCZI Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Târgu Mureș, Romania. Corresponding author: szabo.zoltan@umftgm.ro.
  • Adriana CIURBA Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, Târgu Mureş, Romania. Email: adriana.ciurba@umftgm.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3456-4109

Keywords:

Carbopol®, hydrogel, pseudoplastic, challenge test

Abstract

Rheological and microbiological studies were performed for hydrogels prepared with different types of crosslinked polyacrylate polymers (Carbopol® 940, 980 and Ultrez® 10). All hydrogels exhibited typical viscoelastic properties, with no Newtonian flow regimen. Linearizing viscosity profiles, excellent correlations were obtained between logarithmic values of viscosity and shear rate. The study also revealed that Carbopol® 980 and Ultrez® 10 based hydrogels showed higher viscosity than the Carbopol® 940 based. Microbiological studies were performed in order to find a suitable preservative for the prepared hydrogels. Both the diffusion based method and challenge test indicated that phenylmercuric borate was the most effective preservative, regardless of the microorganism tested and can be suitable for preventing antimicrobial growth in the prepared hydrogels.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 60 (LX), No. 1, March 2015

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SIPOS, E. ., SZABÓ, Z.-I. ., LŐRINCZI, L. ., & CIURBA, A. . (2015). RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR AND MICROBIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CARBOPOL® HYDROGELS. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 60(1), 177–185. Retrieved from https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/chemia/article/view/8415

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