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Sivalingam AM, Pandian A, Rengarajan S, Boopathy N, Selvaraj KRN. A comparative study of in vivo toxicity in zebrafish embryos synthesized CuO nanoparticles characterized from Salacia reticulata. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2024; 46:311. [PMID: 39001930 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-024-02104-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
Abstract
The Salacia reticulata, a medicinal woody climbing shrub, was utilized for our study, the green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles, which were analyzed through SEM, EDX, FTIR, XRD, and UV‒Vis spectroscopy. This study assessed the toxicity to zebrafish embryos and explored the antibacterial, cytotoxic, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory properties of the synthesized nanoparticles. In results, the UV absorption of the CuO NPs showed that the intensity of nanoparticle green colloidal suspension changed from blue to green, which also confirmed that the spectrum of the green CuO NPs changed from colorless to black. in FT-IR and XRD spectral analysis to identify functional groups and determine the particle size of CuO NPs prepared by green and chemical methods. Its showed that CuO NPs (green) had a size of approximately 42.2 nm, while CuO NPs (chemical) had a size of approximately 84 nm. The morphology of these NPs was analyzed using SEM-EDX. Compared with their chemically prepared counterparts, the green-synthesized CuO nanoparticles demonstrated superior dispersion. Additionally, both green and chemical CuO nanoparticles at a concentration of 200 µL/mL caused developmental anomalies and increased mortality in zebrafish embryos and larvae. The green and chemical CuO NPs inhibited α-glucosidase enzyme activity at concentrations between 10 and 50 µL/mL, with IC50 values of 22 µL/mL and 26 µL/mL, respectively. The extract exhibited anti-inflammatory activity, with IC50 values of 274 and 109 µL/mL. The authors concluded that this green nanoparticle method has potential as a more eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative to traditional synthetic methods. NPs are widely used in human contact fields (medicine and agriculture), hence synthesis methods that do not involve toxic substances are becoming increasingly important.
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Affiliation(s)
- Azhagu Madhavan Sivalingam
- Natural Products and Nano Biotechnology Research Lab, Department of Community Medicine, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Centre for Applied Research, Institute of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering (SSE), Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai, 602105, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Valliammal College for Women, Tamil Nadu, E-9; Anna Nagar East, Chennai, 600 102, India
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- Natural Products and Nano Biotechnology Research Lab, Department of Community Medicine, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre for Applied Research, Institute of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering (SSE), Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai, 602105, Tamil Nadu, India
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Römerová S, Dammer O, Zámostný P. Development of an Image-based Method for Tablet Microstructure Description and Its Correlation with API Release Rate. AAPS PharmSciTech 2023; 24:199. [PMID: 37783877 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-023-02658-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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The performance of a pharmaceutical formulation, such as the drug (API) release rate, is significantly influenced by the properties of the materials used, the composition of the final product and the tablet compression process parameters. However, in some cases, the knowledge of these input parameters does not necessarily provide a reliable description or prediction of tablet performance. Therefore, the knowledge of tablet microstructure is desirable to understand such formulations. Commonly used analytical techniques, such as X-ray tomography and intrusion mercury porosimetry, are not widely used in pharmaceutical companies due to their price and/or toxicity, and therefore, efforts are made to develop a tool for fast and easy microstructure description. In this work, we have developed an image-based method for microstructure description and applied it to a model system consisting of ibuprofen and CaHPO4∙2H2O (API and excipient with different deformability). The obtained parameter, the quadratic mean of the equivalent diameter of the non-deformable, brittle excipient CaHPO4∙2H2O, was correlated with tablet composition, compression pressure and API release rate. The obtained results demonstrate the possibility of describing the tablet dissolution performance in the presented model system based on the microstructural parameter, providing a possible model system for compressed solid dosage forms in which a plastic component is present and specific API release is required.
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- Simona Römerová
- Department of Organic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Zentiva, k.s., U Kabelovny 130, 102 37, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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Gunawardana CA, Kong A, Blackwood DO, Travis Powell C, Krzyzaniak JF, Thomas MC, Calvin Sun C. Magnesium stearate surface coverage on tablets and drug crystals: Insights from SEM-EDS elemental mapping. Int J Pharm 2022; 630:122422. [PMID: 36410668 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.122422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Scanning electron microscopy-based energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) is proposed as a versatile tool for quantifying surface area coverage (SAC) by magnesium stearate (MgSt) on pharmaceutical tablets and particles. Our approach involved fast elemental mapping and subsequent SAC quantitation by image analysis. The study was conducted using a multi-component system, but the particle-level mapping was limited to active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) crystals. For both tablets and API particles, the calculated SAC against MgSt loading afforded a positive linear correlation over the range of MgSt levels examined in this work. On the tablet surface, MgSt was found to be preferentially concentrated at or in the close vicinity of grain boundaries, supporting the idea of compression-driven migration and relocation of MgSt within the tablet. On the particle surface, only discrete aggregates of MgSt were observed, as opposed to the widely accepted phenomenon of the formation of a thin lubricant film around host particles. The selection of proper SEM-EDS operating conditions and the challenges confronted in particle surface mapping are discussed in detail.
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- Chamara A Gunawardana
- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, United States
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- Pharmaceutical Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.
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Gupta S, Igne B, Omar T, Román-Ospino AD, Hausner D, Muzzio F. Multi-layer Raman chemical mapping to investigate the effect of API particle size and blending shear rate on API domain sizes in pharmaceutical tablets. Int J Pharm 2022; 624:122052. [PMID: 35902051 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.122052] [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: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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While macromixing (gross uniformity) has received a lot of attention in pharmaceutical powder blending, micromixing (particularly, particle-level aggregation) has been significantly less studied. This study investigated the impact of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) particle size (D50: 11, 28, and 70 µm) and blending shear rate (low and high) that was caused by tumbling blending (specifically, a V-blender) on micro-mixing. The effect on micro-mixing (API domain sizes) was assessed in direct compression tablets using high-resolution Raman chemical mapping. Analyses of multiple layers within tablets enabled a more reliable understanding of the variability in API domain sizes with respect to the independent variables. The relationship between API domain sizes and the manufactured tablets' content uniformity (CU) was also investigated using near-infrared transmission spectroscopy. Generally, at low shear, as the API particle size decreased, the frequency and size of API agglomerates increased, resulting in poor CU. However, in all cases, API domain sizes drastically reduced at high shear, resulting in an acceptable CU. The results of this work clearly demonstrated the utility of a multi-layer, multi-tablet, and high-resolution Raman chemical mapping as an off-line process analytical technology (PAT) system, to enable quality-by-design driven formulation and process development.
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- Shashwat Gupta
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Analytical Sciences and Development, 1250 South Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; GlaxoSmithKline, Analytical Sciences and Development, 1250 South Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Zeng Q, Wang L, Wu S, Fang G, Liu H, Li Z, Hu Y, Li W. Dissolution profiles prediction of sinomenine hydrochloride sustained-release tablets using Raman mapping technique. Int J Pharm 2022; 620:121743. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Topologically directed confocal Raman imaging (TD-CRI): Advanced Raman imaging towards compositional and micromeritic profiling of a commercial tablet components. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2022; 210:114581. [PMID: 35026592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2022.114581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Particle size distribution (PSD), spatial location and particle cluster size of ingredients, polymorphism, compositional distribution of a pharmaceutical product are few of the most important attributes in establishing the drug release-controlling microstructural and solid state properties that would be used to (re)design or reproduce similar products. There are numerous solid-state techniques available for PSD analysis. Laser diffraction (LD) is mostly used to study PSD of raw materials. However, a constraint of LD is the interference between the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and excipients, where it is very challenging to measure API size in a tablet. X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) is widely employed in establishing the polymorphism of API and excipients. This research examined a commercial osmotic tablet in terms of extracting solid state properties of API and functional excipient by Raman Imaging. Establishing repeatability, reproducibility, and sample representativeness when the samples are non-uniform and inhomogeneous necessitates multiple measurements. In such scenarios, when employing imaging-based techniques, it can be time-consuming and tedious. Advanced statistical methodologies are used to overcome these disadvantages and expedite the characterization process. Overall, this study demonstrates that Raman imaging can be employed as a non-invasive and effective offline method for assessing the solid-state characteristics of API and functional excipients in complex dosage forms like osmotic tablets.
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