In vitro degradation of butanediamine-grafted poly(DL-Lactic acids)

  • Yanfeng Luo*
  • , Chunhua Fu
  • , Xufeng Niu
  • , Yuanliang Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The degradation of butanediamine-grafted poly(DL-lactic acid) polymers (BDPLAs) in vitro together with PDLLA and maleic anhydride-grafted poly(DL-lactic acid) polymers (MPLAs) was investigated by observation of the changes of the pH value of incubation media, and weight loss ratio during degradation duration of 12 weeks. The results reveal that the acidity of PDLLA degradation products was weakened or neutralized by grafting butanediamine onto PDLLA. A uniform degradation of BDPLAs was observed in comparison with an acidity-induced auto-accelerating degradation featured by PDLLA and MPLAs. The biodegradation behaviors of BDPLAs can be adjusted by controlling the content of BDA. BDPLAs might be a new derivative of PDLLA-based biodegradable materials for medical applications without acidity-caused irritations and acidity-induced auto-accelerating degradation behavior as that of PDLLA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)426-430
Number of pages5
JournalJournal Wuhan University of Technology, Materials Science Edition
Volume22
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Butanediamine
  • In vitro biodegradation
  • Maleic anhydride
  • Poly(DL-lactic acid)

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