A self-healable and bioadhesive acacia gum polysaccharide-based injectable hydrogel for wound healing acceleration.

The present study aimed at developing an injectable hydrogel based on acacia gum (AG) for wound healing acceleration. The hydrogels were synthetized through metal-ligand coordination mediated by Fe3+ and characterized in terms of gelation time, gel content, initial water content, swelling capacity, water retention ratio, and porosity. Moreover, FTIR, XRD and TGA analyses were performed for the hydrogels and allantoin (Alla) loaded ones. Furthermore, bioadhessiveness, and self-healing as well as antibacterial, toxicity and wound healing potentials of the hydrogels were evaluated. The hydrogels displayed fast gelation time, high swelling, porosity, and bioadhessiveness, as well as antioxidant, self-healing, antibacterial, blood clotting, and injectability properties. FTIR, XRD and TGA analyses confirmed hydrogel synthesis and drug loading. The Alla-loaded hydrogels accelerated wound healing by decreasing the inflammation and increasing the cell proliferation as well as collagen deposition. Hemocompatibility, cell cytotoxicity, and in vivo toxicity experiments were indicative of a high biocompatibility level for the hydrogels. Given the advantages of fast gelation, injectability and beneficial biological properties, the use of Alla-loaded hydrogels could be considered a new remedy for efficient wound healing.

Recent progress in tannic acid based approaches as a natural polyphenolic biomaterial for cancer therapy: A review.

Significant advancements have been noticed in cancer therapy for decades. Despite this, there are still many critical challenges ahead, including multidrug resistance, drug instability, and side effects. To overcome obstacles of these problems, various types of materials in biomedical research have been explored. Chief among them, the applications of natural compounds have grown rapidly due to their superb biological activities. Natural compounds, especially polyphenolic compounds, play a positive and great role in cancer therapy. Tannic acid (TA), one of the most famous polyphenols, has attracted widespread attention in the field of cancer treatment with unique structural, physicochemical, pharmaceutical, anticancer, antiviral, antioxidant and other strong biological features. This review concentrated on the basic structure along with the important role of TA in tuning oncological signal pathways firstly, and then focused on the use of TA in chemotherapy and preparation of delivery systems including nanoparticles and hydrogels for cancer therapy. Besides, the application of TA/Fe3+ complex coating in photothermal therapy, chemodynamic therapy, combined therapy and theranostics is discussed.

A colorimetric and turn-on fluorescent sensor for cyanide and acetate-based Schiff base compound of 2,2'-((1E,11E)-5,8-dioxa-2,11-diazadodeca-1,11-diene-1,12-diyl)bis(4-((E)-phenyldiazenyl)phenol).

A novel Schiff base-based sensor (L) has been designed, synthesized, and developed as a fluorescent and colorimetric sensor for cyanide and acetate. This L exhibited a quick response with rapid sensitivity to CN- and AcO- through a remarkable color change from yellow to red which was detectable by the naked eyes. It also sensed CN- and AcO- in a fluorescent way via an enhancement in fluorescence intensity. The interaction between L and anions (CN- and AcO-) was investigated by using UV-Vis studies, and 1H NMR titration. The theoretical DFT calculations were also employed to support the results, which displayed good agreement with the experimental value acquisition. As the detection limit for cyanide and acetate were 2.1 × 10-9 M and 1.7 × 10-9 M; respectively, low concentrations of these anions could be detectable in the proposed L sensor. In addition, L showed significant reversibility of CN- detection by using Cu2+ as a proper reagent with two different sensing methods including color change and UV-Vis. Last but not least, L could be applied to rapidly detect CN- in a wide range of pH. As a result, the proposed sensor is promising to identify cyanide and acetate in practical applications in medical, biological, and chemical fields.

Synthesis and application of the calcium alginate/SWCNT-Gl as a bio-nanocomposite for the curcumin delivery.

This study focused on preparation of calcium alginate/single-walled carbon nanotube modified by glucose (CA/SWCNT-Gl) and its application as a carrier for the drug delivery system. This bionanocomposite was synthesized by using ultrasonication as a green method. Several quantitative ratios of the SWCNTs-Gl and the alginate were applied to the assessment of formulation for the curcumin entrapment. It was optimized by employing at 1:1 the SWCNTs-Gl to calcium alginate ratio. The structure of calcium alginate/SWCNTs-Gl was characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM, EDX, TEM, DLS and TGA techniques. The nanocomposite as a carrier was examined for measurement of entrapment efficiency, loading capacity and release study for curcumin as a hydrophobic drug. The release of curcumin from carrier-curcumin have been measured in the pH 4.5 and pH 7.5 which revealed a fast release during the first hours followed by a gradual drug release. The outcomes indicated that the nanocomposite had great potential as a carrier and enabled for drug delivery systems. Further, the carrier displayed good antibacterial activity against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli. Likewise, better antibacterial activity of carrier-curcumin was observed in comparison with curcumin ones.

Synthesis, structural characterization, antimicrobial activities and theoretical investigations of some 4-(4-aminophenylsulfonyl) phenylimino) methyl)-4-(aryldiazenyl) phenol.

The azo-azomethine dyes with a different substitution have been designed from the reaction of 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl sulfone with 2-hydroxy-5-(aryldiazenyl)benzaldehyde. The compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis, Mass, IR, UV-Vis, TGA-DTA and NMR spectroscopy. The solvatochromism behaviors, effects of substitution and pH on the electronic absorption spectra of dyes were evaluated. The in vitro antimicrobial activities were also screened for their potential for antibiotic activities by broth micro dilution method. Also, the optimum molecular geometries, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) and frontier molecular orbitals (FMO), vibrational spectra (IR ) and electronic absorption (UV-Vis) spectra of the title compounds have been investigated with the help of DFT and TDDFT methods with 6-311++G(d,p) basis sets and PCM calculations. The results of the calculations show excellent agreement with the experimental value.

The triazine-based azo-azomethine dyes; synthesis, characterization, spectroscopy, solvatochromism and biological properties of 2,2'-(((6-methoxy-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diyl)bis(sulfanediyl)bis(2,1-phenylene))bis(azanylylidene)bis(methanylylidene))bis(4-(phenyldiazenyl)phenol).

The macrocyclic azo-azomethine dyes 2,2'-(((6-methoxy-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diyl)bis(sulfanediyl)bis(2,1-phenylene))bis(azanylylidene)bis(methanylylidene))bis(4-(phenyldiazenyl)phenol) and its derivatives were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, mass, FT-IR, UV-vis and NMR spectroscopy. The solvatochromism as well as effects of substitutions on the electronic absorption of these compounds have been studied in the DMSO, DMF, THF, CH3CN, CH3OH and CH3COOH as solvents. Also they positive solvatochromism behaviors are explained on the basis of intramolecular hydrogen bonding, enol-keto tautomeric and dipole moment changes. Compounds having electron donating substituent on the phenyl ring showed good antioxidant activity. However, none of them has a considerable antibacterial activity.

Spectroscopy and solvatochromism studies along with antioxidant and antibacterial activities investigation of azo-azomethine compounds 2-(2-hydroxyphenylimino)methyl)-4-phenyldiazenyl)phenol.

The azo-azomethine compounds 2-(2-hydroxyphenylimino)methyl)-4-phenyldiazenyl)phenol (2a-d) were prepared from the reaction of 2-aminophenol with 2-hydroxy-5-(aryldiazenyl)benzaldehyde (1a-d). The structures of all compounds were then characterized by elemental analysis, mass, infrared, UV-vis, (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy. The electronic absorption spectra indicated enol-keto tautomeric and positive solvatochromism in compounds (2a-d), which is dependent on the substitution, nature of solvent, pH and environment temperature. The compounds (2a-d) were also evaluated for antibiotic activities by disc diffusion method. Compounds 2a and 2b exhibited antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, but 2c and 2d were found to have no remarkable antibacterial activity. All the compounds (2a-d) also showed antioxidant activity as determined by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) method.

Spectroscopic and solvatochromism studies along with antioxidant and antibacterial activities investigation of 2-((2-mercaptophenylimino)methyl)-4-(phenyldiazenyl)phenol.

The condensation reaction of 2-hydroxy-5-(aryldiazenyl)benzaldehyde (1a-d) with 2-aminothiophenole affored Schiff base compounds 2-((2-mercaptophenylimino)methyl-4-(-aryldiazenyl)phenol (2a-d). The structures of compounds (2a-d) were characterized by elemental analysis, mass, infrared, UV-vis and NMR spectroscopy. The 2a-d shows enol-keto tautomeric and positive solvatochromism. The antibacterial activities of 2a-d were also evaluated by disc diffusion method. Compound 2b displayed activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, 2a and 2c were active against B. cereus but 2d did not exhibit activity against the tested organisms. Among the tested compounds, 2b showed the best antioxidant properties as evaluated by free radical scavenging activity on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl and ferric reducing power determination.