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Candida infections have been always a serious healcare related problem. The present study reports the preparation of hydrogels and formulations based on piperonyl-imino-chitosan derivatives and Amphotericin B drug for the treatment of Candida infections. The hydrogels were obtained by the imination reaction of chitosan with piperonal monoaldehyde, followed by the self-assembling of the resulted imines, while the formulations were obtained by an in situ hydrogelation method of chitosan with piperonal in the presence of Amphotericin B antifungal drug. The structural characterization of both hydrogels and formulations by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed the formation of imine units between the reagents, while their supramolecular characterization using polarized optical microscopy and wide angle X-ray diffraction demonstrated that hydrophilic/hydrophobic segregation is the process which governed the formation of gel like systems. The systems were further investigated from the point of view of their further applications revealing that they were biodegradable, presented high swelling ability and were able to release the antifungal drug in a sustained manner, presenting promising antifungal activity against five Candida strains.

New Hydrogels and Formulations Based on Piperonyl-Imino-Chitosan Derivatives