Chemistry Letters, Vol.49, No.10, 1150-1153, 2020
Modification of the Release Rate of Curcumin from the Cavity of Renatured beta-1,3-1,6-Glucan Nanoparticles by Changing the Molecular Weight of the Constituent Polysaccharide Chains
We prepared renatured beta-1,3-1,6-glucan nanoparticles from molecular-weight-fractionated beta-1,3-1,6-glucans to analyze the molecular effects on the inclusion and release of the guest molecule curcumin. Glucan molecular weight strongly affects the amount of curcumin included in the complexes and its release rate. We found that the slow release rate of the incorporated curcumin is attributed not only to the stabilized stacking structure but also the slow migration between the internal and surface cavities characteristic of polymeric materials.