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Hydrogels based on poly-gamma-glutamic acid for potential application as drug and probiotic delivery systems

2017/24/C/ST5/00162

Keywords:

hydrogels poly-γ-glutamic acid drug delivery systems probiotic delivery systems

Descriptors:

  • ST5_11: Smart materials – self assembled materials, external stimuli-responsive materials
  • ST5_21:

Panel:

ST5 - Materials: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, advanced and functional materials with designed properties, (macro)molecular architecture, material engineering

Host institution :

Politechnika Śląska, Wydział Chemiczny

woj. śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Iwona Kwiecień 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: SONATINA 1 - announced on 2016-12-15

Amount awarded: 611 751 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-12-05

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-01-04

Project duration:: 49 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Application of Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels as Probiotic Delivery Systems
    Authors:
    Iwona Kwiecień, Michał Kwiecień
    Academic press:
    Gels (rok: 2018, tom: 4, strony: 47-61), Wydawca: MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/gels4020047 - link to the publication
  2. Hydrogels Made of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid and Sugar Alcohols for Enhanced Survival of Probiotic Strains Subjected to Low pH and Freeze Drying
    Authors:
    Iwona Kwiecień, Anabel Itohowo Ekere, Monika Śmiga-Matuszowicz
    Academic press:
    AppliedChem (rok: 2021, tom: 1, strony: 173-183), Wydawca: MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/appliedchem1020013 - link to the publication
  3. Synthesis of Hydrogels Made of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid (γ-PGA) for Potential Applications as Probiotic-Delivery Vehicles
    Authors:
    I. Kwiecień, D. Niewolik, A. I. Ekere, A. Gupta, I. Radecka
    Academic press:
    Applied Sciences (rok: 2020, tom: 10, strony: 2787-2801), Wydawca: MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/app10082787 - link to the publication