Research Article
Highly Porous pH-Responsive Carboxymethyl Chitosan-Grafted-Poly (Acrylic Acid) Based Smart Hydrogels for 5-Fluorouracil Controlled Delivery and Colon Targeting
Table 4
Porosity and Sol-gel fraction analysis of different formulations.
| Sample code | Degree of crosslinking EGDMA Mol (%) | Porosity (%) | Gel fraction (%) | Sol fraction % | value |
| HS1 | 0.70 | 13.11 | 90.70 | 9.30 | 0.047 | HS2 | 0.70 | 19.02 | 94.93 | 5.07 | 0.041 | HS3 | 0.70 | 22.98 | 95.90 | 4.10 | 0.005 | HS4 | 0.70 | 9.27 | 87.89 | 12.11 | 0.049 | HS5 | 0.70 | 11.50 | 91.93 | 9.07 | 0.005 | HS6 | 0.70 | 17.34 | 93.01 | 6.99 | 0.05 | HS7 | 0.25 | 24.66 | 90.66 | 9.34 | 0.043 | HS8 | 0.50 | 20.10 | 92.23 | 7.77 | 0.047 | HS9 | 1.0 | 12.54 | 94.17 | 5.83 | 0.046 |
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