Antibacterial Effect of Naringin-containing Soft Contact Lens

Giseop Kwak, Hyeryun Kim, Woo Dong Jang, Geun Chang Ryu, In Suk Kim

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Abstract

A naringin-containing soft contact lens (NCSC) was prepared as an antibacterial platform for long-term wearable soft contact lens. The NCSC showed sustained release of naringin for about a period of 1 month without changing the surface morphology. The effluent solution from NCSC exhibited very low cytotoxicity and high antibacterial activities against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. In the intraocular eye drop experiments of effluent solution from NCSC, it had no difference with the control group and showed unstimulated status without any cell damage or side effect. The NCSC showed smoother surface with reduced contamination by P. aeruginosa after wearing of 3 consecutive weeks whereas the control soft contact lens showed extremely high contamination, indicating the effective antibacterial effect of NCSC upon extended wearing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1345-1350
Number of pages6
JournalBulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
Volume42
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2021

Keywords

  • Antibacterial effect
  • Controlled release
  • Drug delivery
  • Naringin
  • Soft contact lens

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