Lippia sidoides essential oil encapsulation by angico gum/chitosan nanoparticles

• Autor(a) principal: Paula,Haroldo C. B.
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Sombra,Fernanda M., Abreu,Flávia O. M. S, Paul,Regina C. M. de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532010001200025
• topic: nanoparticles; chitosan; angico gum; essential oil; encapsulation

Chitosan (CH) and angico gum (AG) nanoparticles were loaded with essential oil, Lippia sidoides (Ls), being characterized according to their composition, size distribution, Ls:polymer ratio, thermal stability and in vitro and in vivo controlled release. Nanoparticles prepared using Ls:AG ratios of 1:2 to 1:20 had loading values of 3.3 to 7.7%, with encapsulation efficiencies in the range of 16.0 to 77.8%. Particle sizes were in the range of 10-60 nm and size distributions were independent of Ls content, for different Ls:AG ratios. Infrared spectroscopy revealed the presence of thymol in the nanoparticles. TGA and DSC revealed that the degradation temperature of AG-CH nanoparticles decreased with an increase in Ls content. Controlled-release data showed a slower release profile for samples with Ls:AG = 1:10 than for the other samples. Bioassays showed that sample Ls:AG = 1:10 has a greater larvicidal effect, with 85 ± 3% mortality.