Abstract
The production of biodegradable dressing capable of sustained drug release, along with the monitoring of wound conditions, represents new heights of multifunctional platforms for wound care. The reported curcumin-loaded silk fibroin has shown sustained drug release over the time of 10 days through a non-Fickian diffusion process satisfying Korsmeyer-Peppas' model along with the visual monitoring of wound healing through notable color variation with pH as a biomarker. The superhydrophobic nature (water contact angle = 163.7) of the SF, along with the lipophilicity (CA = 0 (Blood)) and hygroscopic nature prevents wetting of wound surface, whereas the excess exudates from wounds are absorbed along with sufficient water and oxygen permeability. The pH responsiveness as a result of the keto-enol tautomerism in curcumin was utilized for wound monitoring through visual indication enabling even ordinary people to detect the state of the wound. The in-situ biodegradation studies verified using cow-dung slurry, the degradability of the material with 25.3% weight loss within 30 days following first-order kinetics (R2 = 0.994), as a result of the attack of proteolytic enzymes on the amino acid units of SF, mitigating the concerns of medical wastes.
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