Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (02): 416.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0251-0790.2012.02.036

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Enzymatic Biodegradation and Thermal Properties of Phosphorylcholine Functionalized Poly(butylene succinate)

ZHANG Shi-Ping, WANG Dan, DANG Yuan, SHI Su-Qing, GONG Yong-Kuan   

  1. Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
  • Received:2011-03-10 Online:2012-02-10 Published:2012-01-13

Abstract: Enzymatic degradation of poly(butylene succinate)(PBS) and phosphorylcholine functionalized poly(butylene succinate)(PBS-PC) were performed in the presence of lipase AY30. It was found that PBS-PC was effectively biodegraded by lipase AY30, and PBS was hardly degraded even after an experimental time scale of 21 d. By means of differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), thermal properties of PBS and PBS-PC were studied. The results show that the melting point(Tm) of PBS-PC is decreased and glass transition tempe-rature(Tg) is increased compared with unmodified PBS. PBS-PC may have potential applications in biological environments as new carriers for controlled drug release, gene therapy, and scaffold for tissue engineering systems.

Key words: Lipase AY30, Enzymatic degradation, Poly(butylene succinate), Phosphorylcholine, Thermal stability

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