A
drug for promoting bone morphogenetie
protein expression to accelerate fracture healing is prepared by carboxymethylation of
sodium alginate. The
drug is prepared by the steps: adding 15 g of a
sodium hydroxide liquid (2 mol / L) into each 100 g of
sodium alginate, mixing uniformly, and stirring for 0.5 h at the temperature of 35 DEG C; then adding a mixture of 20 g of
monochloroacetic acid and 20 g of
sodium hydroxide according to each 100 g of
sodium alginate, carrying out a stirring reaction for 3 h under a condition of the temperature of 70-80 DEG C, and thus obtaining a carboxymethyl
sodium alginate resultant. The
drug also can be prepared by in a 95%
ethanol solution, taking
sodium alginate,
sodium hydroxide and
monochloroacetic acid and carrying out a one-pot frying method, and particularly is prepared by the steps: according to the ratio of
mass,
mass and volume of 1:0.35:0.30, taking sodium alginate,
sodium hydroxide and
monochloroacetic acid, putting into the 95 vol%
ethanol solution with the volume of 2 times that of the mixture, and carrying out a reaction under conditions of the etherification temperature of 50 DEG C and the etherification time of 3 h; and washing the
reaction product with 95%
ethanol, precipitating for 24 h,
drying the
resultant, and thus obtaining the carboxymethyl sodium alginate
resultant. The obtained carboxymethyl sodium alginate is capable of promoting the bone morphogenetie
protein expression, and is used in drugs for treating and preventing fractures, bone
nonunion, osteonecrosis of the
femoral head, and
osteoporosis.