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Al-Kabariti AY, Arafat BT, Oriquat GA, Možná P, Jaidy H, Rehmani A, Patel K, Al-Qinna N, Alhnan MA. In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Dark Chocolate as Age-appropriate Oral Matrix. Eur J Pharm Sci 2024; 192:106646. [PMID: 37989467 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
Abstract
Swallowing difficulties encountered by geriatric patients who undergo polypharmacy represent a significant challenge that hampers patient compliance and therapeutic management. As an appealing and sensory-pleasing, chocolate-based formulations have emerged as a potential alternative oral dosage form suitable for both the elderly and paediatric populations. However, the extent to which the incorporation of drugs into a chocolate matrix affects their oral availability remains unclear. Therefore, the objective of this investigation was to explore the in vitro and in vivo performance of an ibuprofen-based chocolate dosage form. A matrix based on dark chocolate and the model drug was prepared at two distinct temperatures: 50 and 80 °C. In vitro release studies revealed that ibuprofen formulated through co-melting at 80 °C exhibited a statistically significant slower drug release (p < 0.05) compared to formulations prepared at 50 °C in both FaSSGF (fasted-state simulated gastric fluid) and lipolysis media. The enzymatic degradation of chocolate in the presence of lipase accelerated in vitro ibuprofen release from chocolate matrices. To delve deeper into the bioavailability of ibuprofen within the chocolate formulations, we conducted an in vivo assessment, comparing the pharmacokinetic profiles of ibuprofen in its conventional suspension form with our chocolate-based dosage forms. A notable drop (p < 0.05) in the maximum serum concentration of ibuprofen when incorporated into co-melted or solid-suspension chocolate matrices. However, no significant differences in plasma exposure were observed between the two formulations. These findings shed a light on the potential of chocolate to extend of ibuprofen when integrated into various chocolate matrices, showcasing the potential held by these innovative formulations.
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- Aya Y Al-Kabariti
- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman 19328, Jordan; Pharmacological and Diagnostic Research Centre, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman 19328, Jordan
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK
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- Pharmacological and Diagnostic Research Centre, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman 19328, Jordan; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman 19328, Jordan
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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- University of Petra Pharmaceutical Center (UPPC), Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan.
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- Centre for Pharmaceutical Medicine Research, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, UK.
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Cárdenas-Escudero J, Galán-Madruga D, Cáceres JO. FTIR-ATR detection method for emerging C3-plants-derivated adulterants in honey: Beet, dates, and carob syrups. Talanta 2023; 265:124768. [PMID: 37331041 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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The European Union Publications Office has recently presented a report on the European Union's coordinated action with the Joint Research Centre to determine certain fraudulent practices in the honey sector, in which it has been indicated that 74% of the samples analyzed, imported from China, and 93% of the samples analyzed, imported from Turkey, the two largest honey producers worldwide, presented at least one indicator of exogenous sugar or suspicion of being adulterated. This situation has revealed the critical state of the problem of honey adulteration worldwide and the need to develop analytical techniques for its detection. Even though the adulteration of honey is carried out in a general way with sweetened syrups derived from C4 plants, recent studies have indicated the emerging use of syrups derived from C3 plants for the adulteration of honey. This kind of adulteration makes it impossible to analyze its detection using official analysis techniques. In this work, we have developed a fast, simple, and economical method based on the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique, with attenuated total reflectance, for the qualitative, quantitative, and simultaneous determination of beetroot, date, and carob syrups, derived from of C3 plants; whose available bibliography is very scarce and analytically not very conclusive for its use by the authorities. The proposed method has been based on the establishment of the spectral differences between honey and the mentioned syrups at eight different points in the spectral region between 1200 and 900 cm-1 of the mid-infrared, characteristic of the vibrational modes of carbohydrates in honey, which allows the pre-discrimination of the presence or absence of the syrups studied, and their subsequent quantification, with precision levels lower than 2.0% of the relative standard deviation and relative errors lower than 2.0% (m/m).
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- J Cárdenas-Escudero
- Laser Chemistry Research Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Plaza de Ciencias 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Analytical Chemistry Department, FCNET, University of Panama, Ciudad Universitaria, Estafeta Universitaria, 3366, Panama 4, Panama City, Panama
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- National Centre for Environmental Health. Carlos III Health Institute, Ctra. Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2.2, 28220, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Laser Chemistry Research Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Plaza de Ciencias 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Tagami T, Kuwata E, Ozeki T. Confectionery Xylitol Gum-Containing Tablets for Medical Application and the Sintering Effect on Gum Tablets. Biol Pharm Bull 2021; 44:1309-1315. [PMID: 34471059 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b21-00317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Confectionery ingredients are expected to enhance the medication adherence of pediatric patients taking bitter-tasting drugs when adequate pediatric medicines are not available in practical settings. Gum is a familiar confectionery, and several drug-loaded gums are on the market as medicated chewing gums. In this study, medical gum tablets composed of confectionery xylitol gum and a drug (ibuprofen or acetaminophen) were prepared and evaluated for the purpose of potential hospital applications. The effect of the sintering process, a heating treatment, on the physical properties of the solid materials was also examined. The sintering process markedly improved the hardness of the gum tablets. The sintering temperature and time affected the hardness of both ibuprofen- and acetaminophen-loaded gum tablets, whereas heat treatment around the melting point of ibuprofen or xylitol and longer heat treatment resulted in failure of the preparation or a reduction in hardness. The sintered gum tablets exhibited a delayed drug release profile in artificial saliva after an in vitro chewing test. The current results provide basic and useful information about the preparation of gum-containing tablets in future clinical settings.
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- Tatsuaki Tagami
- Drug Delivery and Nano Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Drug Delivery and Nano Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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- Drug Delivery and Nano Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
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Aguilar-de-Leyva Á, Linares V, Casas M, Caraballo I. 3D Printed Drug Delivery Systems Based on Natural Products. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:E620. [PMID: 32635214 PMCID: PMC7407805 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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In the last few years, the employment of 3D printing technologies in the manufacture of drug delivery systems has increased, due to the advantages that they offer for personalized medicine. Thus, the possibility of producing sophisticated and tailor-made structures loaded with drugs intended for tissue engineering and optimizing the drug dose is particularly interesting in the case of pediatric and geriatric population. Natural products provide a wide range of advantages for their application as pharmaceutical excipients, as well as in scaffolds purposed for tissue engineering prepared by 3D printing technologies. The ability of biopolymers to form hydrogels is exploited in pressure assisted microsyringe and inkjet techniques, resulting in suitable porous matrices for the printing of living cells, as well as thermolabile drugs. In this review, we analyze the 3D printing technologies employed for the preparation of drug delivery systems based on natural products. Moreover, the 3D printed drug delivery systems containing natural products are described, highlighting the advantages offered by these types of excipients.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain; (Á.A.-d.-L.); (V.L.); (I.C.)
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Synaridou MS, Andriotis EG, Zacharis CK, Fatouros DG, Markopoulou CK. Solid Dosage Forms of Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Intended for Pediatric Use: Formulation and Stability Studies. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:pharmaceutics12040354. [PMID: 32295189 PMCID: PMC7238162 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Undesirable taste has always been a key issue for oral dosage forms. The aim of the present study was to co-formulate dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DSP), in common pediatric oral forms, using sweet preserves and/or different types of chocolate as excipients. An array of different kinds of chocolate were co-formulated with DSP and were further characterized by means of dynamic light scattering (DLS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. For the assay of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), the chocolate samples were pre-treated by means of liquid extraction and analyzed using an high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with a strong anion exchange column and a phosphate buffer (17 mM, pH = 3)/acetonitrile, 50:50 v/v as mobile phase. The developed chromatographic method was validated based on the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines (%Mean Recovery = 99.4% and %Relative Standard Deviation, RSD = 0.43%). Furthermore, dissolution and in vitro digestion tests of chocolate formulations were evaluated. The DSP was found to be stable for at least 1 year in prepared preparations.
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- Maria S. Synaridou
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (C.K.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (E.G.A.); (D.G.F.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (C.K.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (E.G.A.); (D.G.F.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (C.K.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-23-1099-7665
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Karavasili C, Gkaragkounis A, Moschakis T, Ritzoulis C, Fatouros DG. Pediatric-friendly chocolate-based dosage forms for the oral administration of both hydrophilic and lipophilic drugs fabricated with extrusion-based 3D printing. Eur J Pharm Sci 2020; 147:105291. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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