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Kinetics of Drug Release from Clay Using Enhanced Sampling Methods. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14122586. [PMID: 36559081 PMCID: PMC9781022 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A key step in the development of a new drug, is the design of drug-excipient complexes that lead to optimal drug release kinetics. Computational chemistry and specifically enhanced sampling molecular dynamics methods can play a key role in this context, by minimizing the need for expensive experiments, and reducing cost and time. Here we show that recent advances in enhanced sampling methodologies can be brought to fruition in this area. We demonstrate the potential of these methodologies by simulating the drug release kinetics of the complex praziquantel-montmorillonite in water. Praziquantel finds promising applications in the treatment of schistosomiasis, but its biopharmaceutical profile needs to be improved, and a cheap material such as the montmorillonite clay would be a very convenient excipient. We simulate the drug release both from surface and interlayer space, and find that the diffusion of the praziquantel inside the interlayer space is the process that limits the rate of drug release.
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Cha JS, Kim YM, Lee IH, Choi YJ, Rhee GH, Song H, Jeon BH, Lam SS, Khan MA, Andrew Lin KY, Chen WH, Park YK. Mitigation of hazardous toluene via ozone-catalyzed oxidation using MnOx/Sawdust biochar catalyst. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 312:119920. [PMID: 35977635 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study investigated catalytic ozone oxidation using a sawdust char (SDW) catalyst to remove hazardous toluene emitted from the chemical industry. The catalyst properties were analyzed by proximate, ultimate, nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms, Fourier-transform infrared, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses. In addition, hydrogen-temperature programmed reduction experiments were conducted to analyze the catalyst properties. The specific area and formation of micropores of SDC were improved by applying KOH treatment. MnOx/SDC-K3 exhibited a higher toluene removal efficiency of 89.7% after 100 min than MnOx supported on activated carbon (MnOx/AC) with a removal efficiency of 6.6%. The higher (Oads (adsorbed oxygen)+Ov(vacancy oxygen))/OL (lattice oxygen) and Mn3+/Mn4+ ratios of MnOx/SDC-K3 than those of MnOx/AC seemed to be important for the catalytic oxidation of toluene.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jin Sun Cha
- Material Technology Center, Korea Testing Laboratory, Seoul, 08389, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, 38453, Republic of Korea
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- School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul, 02504, Republic of Korea
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- School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul, 02504, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical and Information Engineering, University of Seoul, 02504, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Road, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, 701, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustain. Circular Economy, Tunghai Univ., Taichung, 407, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical. Engineering, National Chin-Yi Univ. of Technol., Taichung, 411, Taiwan
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- School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul, 02504, Republic of Korea.
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Kerkhoff CM, Boit Martinello KD, Franco DS, Netto MS, Georgin J, Foletto EL, Piccilli DG, Silva LF, Dotto GL. Adsorption of ketoprofen and paracetamol and treatment of a synthetic mixture by novel porous carbon derived from Butia capitata endocarp. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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