Preparation of traditional Chinese medicine metal complexes supramolecular hydrogel and its multiple biological activity evaluation
The effect of different concentrations of glycyrrhizic acid(GA)and Zn2+on the self-assembly of metal complexes was investigated by forming metal complexes,and the properties and assembly mechanisms of the formed carrier-free supramolecular hydrogel were characterised.Scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and zeta potential were used to characterise the microscopic morphology and stability of the GA-Zn complex hydrogel,which had spherical-like particles of about 1 μm with good stability;the rheometer was used to detect its materialistic properties,which showed excellent stability,self-healing property and reversibility;through in vitro bacterial inhibition,it was found that the GA-Zn carrier-free supramolecular hydrogel has enhanced bacterial inhibition function after assembly.The hydrogel was also found to possess both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant efficacy when evaluated using LPS and H2O2 induced RAW 264.7 cell damage models,respectively.The above results suggest that GA-Zn hydrogel not only has good materialistic properties,but also possesses good antibacterial,anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities,which has the value of clinical research as a carrier-free multi-functional antimicrobial dressing,and the present study provides a reference for the discovery of novel biomedical materials from active molecules of natural traditional Chinese medicine.
active ingredient of traditional Chinese medicinemetal complexsupramoleculehydrogel