Affiliations 

  • 1 International Education Centre, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam Selangor Malaysia
J Biomed Nanotechnol, 2011 Jun;7(3):486-8.
PMID: 21830495

Abstract

A drug-inorganic nanostructured material involving pharmaceutically active compound lawsone intercalated Zn-Al layered double hydroxides (Law-LDHs) with Zn/AI = 4 has been assembled by co-precipitation and ion exchange methods. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR) analysis indicate a successful intercalation of lawsone between the layers of layered double hydroxides. It suggests that layered double hydroxides may have application as the basis of a drug delivery system.

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