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Determination of the interactions between Zn2+ and water soluble polymer ligands with potential use in controlled
Abstract:
Biodegradable copolymers of aspartic and lactic acids were synthesized for potential use in controlled drug release. The proportion of aspartic acid moieties in the copolymers was 0.9 and 0.1, the molecules were partially branched and had absolute molar masses over 100,000 g/mol. The drug could be attached to the copolymer via metal (particularly zinc) ions, so a method to estimate the interactions between zinc ions and the water-soluble polymers by fluorescence spectroscopy was developed. The stability constants of binding of zinc and the concentrations of zinc bound to polymer were determined. The results confirm that zinc ions at pH 6 preferentially bind to side groups of aspartic acid units of the copolymers.
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