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Insights on Inorganic/Organic Composites Containing Natural Bioactive Molecules

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 1076

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Stefania Cometa

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Jaber Innovation s.r.l., Rome, Italy
Interests: hydrogels; biomaterials; material science; surface characterization; thermal analysis
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Dear Colleagues,

Inorganic‒organic hybrid composites are one of the most attractive classes of materials due to their ability to combine the advantages of both organic and inorganic components in the same material. Natural organic molecules, obtained from plant extracts, represent a valuable source of new drugs and active ingredients for the development of next-generation, advanced, and multipurpose formulations with different applications, such as in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, biomedical, agri-food, catalysis, sensor, and environmental fields. The aim of this Special Issue is to point out on the recent strategies in the development of hybrid materials containing bioactive molecules of natural origin. In particular, the interaction between organic and inorganic components in these hybrids can lead to interesting features different from those of the starting materials. In this respect, an accurate chemical‒physical, structural, and mechanical analysis focused on these interactions would be of great interest, especially when a correlation between the structure and functionality of the hybrid composite could be argued.

Dr. Stefania Cometa
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Keywords

  • hybrid material
  • composite
  • natural compound
  • clay
  • drug delivery system
  • solid phase adsorption
  • bioactivity

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Development, Analytical Characterization, and Bioactivity Evaluation of Boswellia serrata Extract-Layered Double Hydroxide Hybrid Composites
by Stefania Cometa, Francesco Busto, Andrea Castellaneta, Andrea Cochis, Ziba Najmi, Rosanna Rizzi, Ilario Losito and Elvira De Giglio
Molecules 2023, 28(18), 6449; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28186449 - 05 Sep 2023
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Boswellia serrata Roxb. extract (BSE), rich in boswellic acids, is well known as a potent anti-inflammatory natural drug. However, due to its limited aqueous solubility, BSE inclusion into an appropriate carrier, capable of improving its release in the biological target, would be highly [...] Read more.
Boswellia serrata Roxb. extract (BSE), rich in boswellic acids, is well known as a potent anti-inflammatory natural drug. However, due to its limited aqueous solubility, BSE inclusion into an appropriate carrier, capable of improving its release in the biological target, would be highly desirable. Starting with this requirement, new hybrid composites based on the inclusion of BSE in a lamellar solid layered double hydroxide (LDH), i.e., magnesium aluminum carbonate, were developed and characterized in the present work. The adopted LDH exhibited a layered crystal structure, comprising positively charged hydroxide layers and interlayers composed of carbonate anions and water molecules; thus, it was expected to embed negatively charged boswellic acids. In the present case, a calcination process was also adopted on the LDH to increase organic acid loading, based on the replacement of the original inorganic anions. An accurate investigation was carried out by TGA, PXRD, FT-IR/ATR, XPS, SEM, and LC-MS to ascertain the nature, interaction, and quantification of the active molecules of the vegetal extract loaded in the developed hybrid materials. As a result, the significant disruption of the original layered structure was observed in the LDH subjected to calcination (LDHc), and this material was able to include a higher amount of organic acids when its composite with BSE was prepared. However, in vitro tests on the composites’ bioactivity, expressed in terms of antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity, evidenced LDH–BSE as a better material compared to BSE and to LDHc–BSE, thus suggesting that, although the embedded organic acid amount was lower, they could be more available since they were not firmly bound to the clay. The composite was able to significantly decrease the number of viable pathogens such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, as well as the internalization of toxic active species into human cells imposing oxidative stress, in comparison to the BSE. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Insights on Inorganic/Organic Composites Containing Natural Bioactive Molecules)
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