Determination of calcium by atomic absorption spectrophotometry applied to the preparation of alginate:chitosan complexes
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2004-12-01
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Lucinda-Silva, R. M. [UNESP]
Carvalho, L. Q. [UNESP]
Lepera, José Salvador [UNESP]
Evangelista, Raul Cesar [UNESP]
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Polysaccharicles, as alginate and chitosan, have been used to obtain modified release dosage forms. Alginate, due to its property of building gels during the complex formation with calcium ions, allows the building of capsules containing a core constituted by calcium alginate. This work had for objective to determine the appropriate calcium concentration for the preparation of alginate-chitosan capsules, by means of calcium quantification using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The methodology of calcium quantification was validated through analysis of the limit of detection, precision, accuracy and recovery of the method. The capsules, containing or not the drug, were prepared by the complex coacervation/ionotropic gelification method. Calcium was quantified after samples mineralization and dilution in lantanium solution. The results showed that the amount of calcium incorporated into the capsules depends on the amount of calcium added to the medium, and this ratio increases until the concentration of 1.5% of initial calcium chloride and above this concentration there is a decrease in the proportion of calcium bonded. It was observed that the proportion of calcium that links to the polymer is inversely proportional to the amount of calcium added. The calcium amount incorporated depends on the concentration of the polymeric dispersions used as well as on the ratio between the two polymers.
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Alginate, Atomic absorption spectrophotometry, Calcium, Chitosan, Complex coacervation, Ionotropic gelification, calcium alginate, chitosan, atomic absorption spectrometry, chemical bond, dilution, dispersion, methodology, mineralization, polymerization, quantitative analysis, validation process
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Revista de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, v. 25, n. 1, p. 11-16, 2004.