An Investigation on Drug Binding Ability of Cationic Surfactant CTAB

Abstract

Taking in consideration the application of surfactants in drug delivery, the interactions of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) with drug Betaine Hydrochloride have been scrutinized. The micellization behaviour of surfactant is investigated at three different temperatures (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15)K in presence of various concentrations (0.10, 0.25, and 0.50) mmolkg-1 of drug Betaine hydrochloride via conductivity measurements The critical micelle concentration (CMC) attained though conductometric measurements has been utilized to obtain different thermodynamic parameters of micellization i.e. standard free energy of micellization (ΔG0 m), standard enthalpy of micellization (ΔH0 m), and standard entropy of micellization (ΔS0 m).