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1-Preparation, Characterization, and Efficiency of Loading Leiurus quinquestriatus Venom on Chitosan Nanoparticles Extracted from Some Scorpions .

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Aim: This investigation aims to extract chitin and chitosan from the three scorpions: Leiurus quinquestriatus (LQ), Androctonus crassicauda (AC) and Androctonus amoreuxi (AA) for the first time and to determine the loading capacity and efficiency of LQ venom-loaded chitosan nanoparticles (V-CN). Methods: chitin was extracted and converted to chitosan which is converted to nanoparticles (Cs-NPs) by ball-milling technique. LQ venom was collected, characterized, and loaded on Cs-NPs via the ionic gelation method. Different techniques were used to characterize the obtained compounds. Results: the dried powder of LQ, AC, and AA contained 19.7 %, 15.4 %, and 15 % chitin, respectively. FT-IR confirmed the successful preparation of chitin, chitosan, and V-CN samples. Loading capacity reached 76.50 %, while encapsulation efficiency reached 87.98 %. Conclusion: scorpion venom was effectively loaded on chitosan samples. Its physical and compound qualities, specifically, were viewed as great for biomedical and drug applications.

DOI

10.21608/eajbsz.2022.272455

Keywords

Scorpion venom, Chitosan, Chitosan nanoparticles, ionic gelation

Authors

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Mostafa

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El-Sheikh

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A.

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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mostafaabdel-hafeez.201@azhar.edu.eg

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Egypt

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0000-0003-1555-5503

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Ahmed

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Badry

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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ahmedbadry@azhar.edu.eg

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Egypt

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Mohamed

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Abdelaal

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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Egypt

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First Name

Ahmed

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Abd El-Aziz

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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Egypt

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14

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2

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35359

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2022-12-01

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2022-09-03

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2022-11-12

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373

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396

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2090-0759

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2090-0821

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology

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1-Preparation, Characterization, and Efficiency of Loading Leiurus quinquestriatus Venom on Chitosan Nanoparticles Extracted from Some Scorpions .

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22 Jan 2023