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US 12,324,798 · App. 18/977,838 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel and preparation methods and applications thereof

Inventors: Weili Fu (Chengdu, CN); Runze Yang (Chengdu, CN); Liwei Yan (Chengdu, CN); Jian Li (Chengdu, CN)
Assignee: WEST CHINA HOSPITAL OF SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
A61K31/235A61K9/06A61K9/5146A61K47/42
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Patent No.
US 12,324,798
App. No.
18/977,838
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a field of biomedical technology. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel and preparation method and application thereof, including: dissolving dopamine (DA) monomers and inducing oxidation and self-polymerization of the DA to obtain polydopamine (PDA) nanoparticles, grafting thiol polyethylene glycol folic acid (SH-PEG-FA) on a surface of the PDA nanoparticles to obtain folic acid polydopamine (FA-PDA) nanocarriers; loading a leonurine (Leon) using the FA-PDA nanocarriers of the step 1 to obtain FA-PDA@Leon; encapsulating the FA-PDA@Leon of the step 2 into a gel matrix to obtain gel@FA-PDA@Leon hydrogel.

Claims (9)

1. A preparation method for a leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel, comprising:

step 1: dissolving dopamine (DA) monomers and inducing oxidation and self-polymerization of the DA monomers to obtain polydopamine (PDA) nanoparticles, grafting thiol polyethylene glycol folic acid (SH-PEG-FA) on a surface of the PDA nanoparticles to obtain folic acid polydopamine (FA-PDA) nanocarriers;

step 2: loading a leonurine (Leon) using the FA-PDA nanocarriers of the step 1 to obtain FA-PDA@Leon;

step 3: encapsulating the FA-PDA@Leon of the step 2 into a gel matrix to obtain gel@FA-PDA@Leon hydrogel;

wherein the gel@FA-PDA@Leon hydrogel is prepared by: dissolving gelatin and mixing the gelatin with the FA-PDA@Leon to obtain solution A, adding polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) solution to the solution A and adding sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution to adjust a pH value to obtain the gel@FA-PDA@Leon hydrogel; wherein a mass ratio of the gelatin to the FA-PDA@Leon is 640:1.

2. The preparation method for the leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel of claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the FA-PDA nanocarriers to the Leon in the step 2 is 20:1.

3. The preparation method for the leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel of claim 1 , wherein in the step 1, a condition for inducing the oxidation and self-polymerization of the DA monomer is stirring and reacting for 12 hours in Tris solution at 25° C. and pH 8.5.

4. The preparation method for the leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel of claim 1 , wherein the pH value ranges from 6-7.

5. A leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel is obtained by using a preparation method for the leonurine nanocomposite hydrogel of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2025
From: FU, WEILI; YANG, RUNZE; YAN, LIWEI; LI, JIAN
To: WEST CHINA HOSPITAL OF SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202311691342.8 · Dec 11, 2023 · national
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