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Comparative study of three dyes’ adsorption onto activated carbon from chenopodium quinoa willd and quillaja saponaria
Abril, Diana ; Ferrer, Victor; Mirabal-Gallardo, Yaneris; Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; Segura, Cristina; Marican, Adolfo; Pereira, Alfredo; Durán-Lara, Esteban F.; Valdés, Oscar (2022)The present study shows porous activated carbon obtained from Chenopodium quinoa Willd and Quillaja saponaria and their use as potential adsorbents to remove three types of dyes from aqueous solutions. The adsorption results ...
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Comparison of the oxidative stability and antioxidant activity of extra-virgin olive oil and oils extracted from seeds of Colliguaya integerrima and Cynara cardunculus under normal conditions and after thermal treatment
abril, diana ; Mirabal-Gallardo, Yaneris; González, Aymeé; Marican, Adolfo; Durán-Lara, Esteban F.; Silva Santos, Leonardo; Valdés, Oscar (2019)We investigated the potential of two oil extracts from seeds of Colliguaya integerrima (CIO) and Cynara cardunculus (CO) to use as nutritionally edible oils. For this purpose, oil quality was accessed by determining the ...
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Development of eco-friendly polyurethane foams based on Lesquerella fendleri (A. Grey) oil-based polyol
Contreras-González, Jorge; Valdés-Lizama, Oscar; Mirabal-Gallardo, Yaneris; De la Torre, Alexander F.; Navarrete, José; Lisperguer, Justo; Durán-Lara, Esteban F.; Santos, Leonardo S.; Nachtigall, Fabiane M.; Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; abril, diana (2020)In this study, we investigated the potential of polyurethane foams (LPUF) prepared from Lesquerella fendleri (A. Grey) oil-derived polyol to use as an ecological and cheap substitute for the petroleum-based polyurethane ...
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Development of “on-demand” thermo-responsive hydrogels for anti-cancer drugs sustained release: rational design, in silico prediction and in vitro validation in colon cancer models
Carreño, Gustavo; Pereira, Alfredo; Ávila-Salas, Fabián; Marican, Adolfo; Andrade, Fernanda; Roca-Melendres, Maria; Valdés, Oscar; Vijayakumar, Sekar; Schwartz Jr, Simó; Abasolo, Ibane; Rafael, Diana; Durán-Lara, Esteban F. (2021)A rational design accurate based on the use of Statistical Design of the Experiments (DoE) and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Studies allows the prediction and the understanding of thermo-responsive hydrogels prepared ...
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Effect of cellulose nanofibrils on vancomycin drug release from chitosan nanocomposite films
Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; Becheran, Liliam; Valdés, Oscar; Giordano, Ady; Segura-del Río, Rodrigo; Bravo-Arrepol, Gastón; Durán-Lara, Esteban F.; Cea, Juan; Berg, Alex; Castaños, Johana; Rodríguez-Llamazares, Saddys; Fuentes, Gastón; Katsarov, Plamen; Lukova, Paolina; Delattre, Cédric (2023)Overuse of antibiotic drugs usually leads to the further development of resistance to targeted bacteria. In this context, a controlled release system could be a solution to achieve higher drug efficiency without overdosing ...
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Film dressings based on hydrogels: Simultaneous and sustained-release of bioactive compounds with wound healing properties
Ávila-Salas, Fabián; Marican, Adolfo; Pinochet, Soledad; Carreño, Gustavo; Valdés-Lizama, Oscar; Venegas, Bernardo; Donoso-Torres, Wendy; Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; Vijayakumar, Sekar; Durán-Lara, Esteban F. (2019)This research proposes the rational modeling, synthesis and evaluation of film dressing hydrogels based on polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked with 20 different kinds of dicarboxylic acids. These formulations would allow the ...
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Rational design of hydrogels for cationic antimicrobial peptide delivery: a molecular modeling approach
Pereira, Alfredo; Valdés-Muñoz, Elizabeth; Marican, Adolfo; Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; Vijayakumar, Sekar; Valdés, Oscar; Rafael, Diana; Andrade, Fernanda; Abaca, Paulina; Bustos, Daniel; Durán-Lara, Esteban F. (2022)In light of the growing bacterial resistance to antibiotics and in the absence of the development of new antimicrobial agents, numerous antimicrobial delivery systems over the past decades have been developed with the aim ...
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Rational design, synthesis and evaluation of γ-CD-containing cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel as a prednisone delivery platform
Marican, Adolfo; Avila-Salas, Fabian; Valdés, Oscar; Wehinger, Sergio; Villaseñor, Jorge; Fuentealba, Natalia; Arenas-Salinas, Mauricio; Argandoña, Yerko; Carrasco-Sánchez, Verónica; Durán-Lara, Esteban F. (2018)This study describes the in-silico rational design, synthesis and evaluation of cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels containing γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CDHSAs) as platforms for the sustained release of prednisone (PDN). ...
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Simple approach for cleaning up 2,4,6-trichloroanisole from alcoholic-beverage-reconstituted solutions using polymeric materials
Valdés, Oscar; Marican, Adolfo; Avila-Salas, Fabian; Castro, R. I.; Mirabal-Gallardo, Yaneris; Amalraj, John; abril, diana ; Durán-Lara, Esteban F.; Santos, Leonardo S. (2019)Background and Aims: 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole (TCA) is a well-recognised contaminant in the wine and whisky industries. In this work, several polymeric materials were tested through a hybrid strategy (computational and ...
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Sustained release of linezolid from prepared hydrogels with polyvinyl alcohol and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids of variable chain lengths
Carreño, Gustavo; Marican, Adolfo; Vijayakumar, Sekar; Valdés-Lizama, Oscar; Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; Castaño, Johanna; Durán-Lara, Esteban F. (2020)A series of hydrogels with a specific release profile of linezolid was successfully synthesized. The hydrogels were synthesized by cross-linking polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, which include ...