Preparation, Characterization and In vitro Toxicity Study of Antiparasitic Drugs Loaded onto Functionalized MWCNTs | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
Article 23, Volume 63, Issue 10, October 2020, Page 3829-3836 PDF (723.53 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2020.23350.2386 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Fathallah Ayoob1; Ahmed Haroun 1; El-Shahat H.A. Nashy1; ola A mohamed1; Sobhy Abdel-Shafy1; Abdel-Gawad M. Rabie2 | ||||
1National Research Center | ||||
2ain-shams univ, faculty of sci, | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This work focuses on the preparation of immobilized ivermectin (IVM) and essential oil carvacrol (Cav) as models of antiparasitic drugs on functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) using sol-gel technique. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and particle size distribution analysis were used to characterize the prepared materials. In addition, the in vitro cytotoxic effect was investigated against normal fibroblast cell line (BHK-21) using SRB assay. Also, toxicity to Rhipicephalus annulatus female ticks was also performed in vitro. The FTIR and TEM results showed that the drugs loaded on the functionalized MWCNTs were successfully prepared through covalent bonding with a particle size range of around 407 and 268 nm in the case of IVM and Cav, respectively. The cytotoxic activity showed that the drugs loaded had low cytotoxic effects of about 4.5 and 4.4 % relative to the free IVM (8.5 %) and Cav (7.8 %), respectively, at 100 μg/mL concentration. In addition, the loaded drugs displayed high ticks mortality at about 100 % compared to the free IVM (23.3 %) and Cav (26.7 %), respectively at 250 μg/mL concentration after 72 h of exposure. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Ivermectin; Carvacrol; MWCNTs; sol-gel technique, in vitro toxicity; SRB assay; Rhipicephalus annulatus ticks | ||||
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