Obtenção e caracterização de formulações de liberação controlada de atrazina e avaliação dos perfis de liberação

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011

RESUMO

The application of atrazine (ATZ) associated to polymeric systems may represent an alternative to reduce the environmental impact caused by the widespread application of this herbicide and simultaneously to increase the agronomic efficiency. Aiming the use of these particulated systems in soils, formulations were prepared by two different types of polymeric matrix. The formulations in inorganic matrix were prepared by the sol gel method, while formulations in organic matrix were obtained by spray drying. The physicochemical characteristics were evaluated and the release profiles of ATZ were measured. The inorganic matrix formulations presented encapsulation efficiency between 93 and 109 % and molar yield between 97 and 107 %. The organic matrix formulations presented encapsulation efficiency and yield less than 25 %, due to the loss of herbicide during the process. The presence of ATZ in the formulations was confirmed by chromatographic analysis. The water content of the formulations decreased with the increase of ATZ content, and that can be attributed to the low affinity between the herbicide and water. No chemical interaction between the herbicide and the matrix was observed. Nevertheless, the insertion of the herbicide in silica matrix caused an alteration in the electronic density of ATZ. The number of ATZ free crystals and the mean diameter of the particles increased with the increase of the water:TEOS proportion and decreased with the ethanol:TEOS proportion in the inorganic matrix formulations. The temperature and the melting enthalpy of ATZ increased with the ATZ content in the formulations due to the greater amount of isolated ATZ crystals. The release kinetics of ATZ from the formulations followed the Korsmeyer- Peppas model, and indicated that both diffusion and erosion acted on the release process. Among the formulations, those with the greater content of ATZ seemed to be the most adequate due to their slower release rate.

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herbicida atrazina sol-gel

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