Design of Acacia Gum–Carbopol–Cross-Linked-Polyvinylimidazole Hydrogel Wound Dressings for Antibiotic/Anesthetic Drug Delivery

Keeping in view the antimicrobial nature of polyvinylimidazole, the antioxidant property of gum acacia, the mucoadhesive and gel-forming nature of Carbopol, the anesthetic action of lidocaine, and the antimicrobial action of gentamicin, in the present work, an attempt was made to prepare lidocaine and gentamicin loaded gum acacia–Carbopol–polyvinylimidazole based hydrogel wound dressings for better wound healing. These hydrogel dressings were...