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Development and characterisation of molecularly imprinted polymers based on methacrylic acid for selective recognition of drugs

  • Xizhi Shi
  • , Aibo Wu
  • , Guorun Qu
  • , Rongxiu Li
  • , Dabing Zhang

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Abstract

Specific molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for the drug reserpine (RES) using methacrylic acid (MAA) as the functional monomer were developed and characterised for the first time in this study. Evaluation of the various polymers by binding assays indicated that the optimum ratio of functional monomer to template was 4:1. Furthermore, the imprinting effect of the MIPs was assessed by the chromatographic method, which demonstrated that the MIPs had better chromatographic behavior and selectivity than those of the corresponding NIPs. A combination of BET, NMR, UV spectroscopy, and MISPE analyses for investigation of the imprinting and recognition properties revealed that strong specific interactions between the functional monomer and RES in the prepolymerization solutions and the aqueous solutions were probably responsible for RES recognition. The preparation of RES MIPs and elucidation of imprinting and recognition mechanisms may serve as useful references for other drug MIPs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3741-3749
Number of pages9
JournalBiomaterials
Volume28
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the National “863” High-Tech Project (2006AA10Z438), the National Key Project of Scientific and Technical Supporting Programs Funded by Ministry of Science & Technology of China (NO.2006BAK02A09) and Shanghai Nano-tech Special Fund (0652nm017). The authors are grateful to the Instrumental Analysis Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China for SEM photography. We are grateful to Dr. Tom Hsiang (University of Guelph, Canada) for technical language editing.

Keywords

  • Drugs
  • Molecularly imprinted polymers
  • Reserpine
  • Solid-phase extraction

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