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These results suggest that the adsorption of charged drug molecules to an oppositely charged polymer is effected not only by the coulombic interactions, but also by the hydrophobicity of the drug. Furthermore, the adsorption of drug molecules to kappa-carrageenan in the helix form is higher than for the coil form because of the shorter distance between the charges and the thereby enhanced hydrophobic interaction between bound drug molecules.