Fabrication of a Chitosan/Alginate/Ti02 Based Carrier System for the Encapsulation of Gibberellic Acid and Investigating their Release Profiles

Abstract

This work aims the development of a novel chitosan /alginate based carrier system namely, chitosan/alginate/nanoTiO2 (CS /AL/Ti02) for the encapsulation of Gibberellic Acid (GAS, a plant growth regulator, and the investigation of its pH-based release profiles. The carrier system with the same polymer blend was also prepared without TiO2 nanoparticles to comparatively investigate the effect of Ti09. Both carrier systems were prepared by gelation method, ...