Background:Numerous pharmaceutical applications for chitosan, a polysaccharide made
from the shells of crustaceans by deacetylating chitin that occurs naturally, are currently being researched.
Chitosan, a natural polymer, is successfully used to prepare many drug-carrier systems, such
as gel, film, nanoparticle, and wound dressing.Objective:Preparing chitosan gels without external crosslinkers is less toxic and environmentally
friendly.Methods:Chitosan-based gels containing Helichrysum pamphylicum P.H. Davis & Kupicha methanolic
extract (HP) were produced successfully.Results:The F9-HP coded gel prepared with high molecular weight chitosan was chosen as the optimum
formulation in terms of pH and rheological properties. The amount of HP was found to be 98.83%
± 0.19 in the F9-HP coded formulation. The HP release from the F9-HP coded formula was determined
to be slower and 9 hours prolonged release compared to pure HP. It was determined that HP release
from F9-HP coded formulation with the DDSolver program was by anomalous (non-fickian) diffusion
mechanism. The F9-HP coded formulation significantly showed DPPH free radical scavenger, ABTS•+
cation decolorizing and metal chelating antioxidant activity while weakly reducing antioxidant potential.
According to the HET-CAM scores, strong anti-inflammatory activity was obtained by the F9-HP
coded gel at a dose of 20 μg.embryo-1 (p <0.05 compared with SDS).Conclusion:In conclusion, it can be said that chitosan-based gels containing HP, which can be used in
both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory treatment, were successfully formulated and characterized.