Poloxamer hydrogels for biomedical applications

E Russo, C Villa - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review article focuses on thermoresponsive hydrogels consisting of poloxamers which
are of high interest for biomedical application especially in drug delivery for ophthalmic …

Direct and reverse pluronic micelles: Design and characterization of promising drug delivery nanosystems

A Naharros-Molinero, MÁ Caballo-González… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pluronics are a family of amphiphilic block copolymers broadly explored in the
pharmaceutical field. Under certain conditions, Pluronics self-assemble in different …

Thermogelling properties of purified poloxamer 407

A Fakhari, M Corcoran, A Schwarz - Heliyon, 2017 - cell.com
Poloxamers are triblock copolymers with a center block of hydrophobic polypropylene oxide
(PPO) flanked by two hydrophilic polyethyleneoxide (PEO) blocks. Among this family of …

Chitosan in situ gelation for improved drug loading and retention in poloxamer 407 gels

T Ur-Rehman, S Tavelin, G Gröbner - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2011 - Elsevier
A method for the in situ gelation of poloxamers and the mucoadhesive polymer chitosan has
been developed by exploiting the tendency of poloxamer solution to form gel at …

Poloxamer 407/188 binary thermosensitive hydrogels as delivery systems for infiltrative local anesthesia: Physico-chemical characterization and pharmacological …

ACS Akkari, JZB Papini, GK Garcia… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we reported the development and the physico-chemical characterization of
poloxamer 407 (PL407) and poloxamer 188 (PL188) binary systems as hydrogels for …

Effect of gellan gum on the thermogelation property and drug release profile of Poloxamer 407 based ophthalmic formulation

M Dewan, G Sarkar, M Bhowmik, B Das… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The effect of gellan gum on the gelation behavior and in-vitro release of a specific drug
named pilocarpine hydrochloride from different ophthalmic formulations based on …

Novel glucosamine-loaded thermosensitive hydrogels based on poloxamers for osteoarthritis therapy by intra-articular injection

T Zhang, S Chen, H Dou, Q Liu, G Shu, J Lin… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glucosamine (GlcN) is a common drug used to treat osteoarthritis (OA). To prolong the
action time of glucosamine on OA and improve its therapeutic effect, this research explored …

Effect of xanthan gum and guar gum on in situ gelling ophthalmic drug delivery system based on poloxamer-407

M Bhowmik, P Kumari, G Sarkar, MK Bain… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of this investigation was to develop a novel in situ gelling formulation based on
poloxamer-407 (PM) for the sustained release of an ophthalmic drug. In an attempt to reduce …

The clinical efficacy of cosmeceutical application of liquid crystalline nanostructured dispersions of alpha lipoic acid as anti-wrinkle

S Sherif, ER Bendas, S Badawy - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Topical 5% alpha lipoic acid (ALA) has shown efficacy in treatment of photo-damaged skin.
The aim of this work was to evaluate the potential of poloxamer (P407) gel as a vehicle for …

Contemporary applications of thermogelling PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers

K Mfoafo, Y Kwon, Y Omidi, H Omidian - Journal of Drug Delivery Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO-PPO-PEO)
triblock copolymers, known as poloxamer (Pluronic®), are amphiphilic polymers that …