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Gross IP, Lima AL, Bedogni GR, Sa-Barreto L, Gratieri T, Gelfuso GM, Salomon CJ, Cunha-Filho M. Melt crystallization and thermal degradation profile of the antichagasic drug nifurtimox. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2024; 239:115878. [PMID: 38039869 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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Despite nifurtimox (NFX) being a traditional drug for treating Chagas disease, some of its physicochemical properties are still unknown, especially its thermal behavior, which brings important outcomes regarding stability and compatibility. In this work, a comprehensive study of NFX's thermal properties was conducted to assist incremental innovations that can improve the efficacy of this drug in novel pharmaceutical products. For this purpose, thermal analyses associated with spectroscopy and spectrometry techniques were used. DSC analyses revealed that the melt crystallization of the NFX led to its amorphous form with the possible formation of a minor fraction of a different crystalline phase. Coats-Redfern method using TGA results indicated the activation energy of NFX non-isothermal degradation as 348.8 ± 8.2 kJ mol-1, which coincides with the C-NO2 bond dissociation energy of the 2-nitrofuran. Investigation of the isothermal degradation kinetics using FTIR 2D COS showed the possible detachment of radical NO2 and ethylene from the NFX structure, which could affect its mechanism of action. A preliminary mechanism for the thermal degradation of this drug was also proposed. The results enhanced the understanding of NFX's thermal properties, providing valuable insights, especially for developing NFX-based pharmaceutical products that involve thermal processing.
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- Idejan P Gross
- Laboratory of Food, Drug, and Cosmetics (LTMAC), School of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, 70.910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Food, Drug, and Cosmetics (LTMAC), School of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, 70.910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Technical Area, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina; National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, Godoy Cruz, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Food, Drug, and Cosmetics (LTMAC), School of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, 70.910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Food, Drug, and Cosmetics (LTMAC), School of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, 70.910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Food, Drug, and Cosmetics (LTMAC), School of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, 70.910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Technical Area, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina; National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, Godoy Cruz, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Food, Drug, and Cosmetics (LTMAC), School of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, 70.910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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Xie F, Slak J, Fardim P, Van den Mooter G. Novel cationic cellulose beads for oral delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs. Int J Pharm X 2023; 5:100146. [PMID: 36593986 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpx.2022.100146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Cellulose beads emerge as carriers for poorly water-soluble drugs due to their eco-friendly raw materials and favorable porous structure. However, drug dissolution may be limited by their poor swelling ability and the presence of closed pores caused by shrinkage of the pristine cellulose beads. In this study, novel cellulose beads that can swell in acidic environment were prepared by introducing ethylenediamine (EDA) on dialdehyde cellulose (DAC), thereby addressing the shrinkage and closed pore problem of cellulose beads. The effect of the ratio of EDA on the swelling behavior and amine content of beads was studied. Three model drugs with different physicochemical properties were selected to study the physical state of loaded drugs and their release behavior. According to the results of XRPD and DSC, indomethacin and itraconazole loaded in the beads were amorphous at a drug loading of 20%, but fenofibrate was partially crystalline. Both bead size and the ratio of amine groups influenced the release behavior of the model drugs. The in vitro dissolution results showed that the cationic beads greatly improved the solubility and dissolution rate of the drug compared with the crystalline drug. Beads with a small size and high ratio of EDA tend to achieve a better drug dissolution rate and cumulative release percentage. Physical stability studies of the itraconazole-loaded beads were also implemented under four different temperature/humidity conditions for up to two months. The results showed that crystallization only appeared after two months of storage at 40°/75% RH, and the drug maintained a non-crystalline state in the other three storage conditions (0 °C/0 %RH, 0 °C/32 %RH, 25 °C/32 %RH). In conclusion, the novel pH-responsive cationic cellulose beads show great potential as a carrier for improving the rate and extent of dissolution of poorly soluble drugs and maintaining supersaturation.
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Key Words
- AC, Acetone
- Amorphous state
- CBs, Cellulose beads
- Cationic cellulose beads
- DAC, Dialdehyde cellulose
- DCM, Dichloromethane
- DMSO, Dimethyl sulfoxide
- EDA, Ethylenediamine
- EtOH, Ethanol
- FNB, Fenofibrate
- FTIR, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
- HPLC, High performance liquid chromatography
- ILs, Ionic liquids
- IND, Indomethacin
- ITZ, Itraconazole
- MeOH, Methanol
- NASDs, Amorphous solid dispersions
- NCEs, New Chemical Entities
- NMMO, N-methylmorpholine N –oxide
- Poorly water-soluble drugs
- SGF, Simulated gastric fluid
- Solubility improvement
- Supersaturation
- Swelling
- TBA, Tert-butanol
- Tg, Glass transition temperature
- XRPD, X-ray powder diffraction
- mDSC, Modulated differential scanning calorimetry
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Xie F, Fardim P, Van den Mooter G. Porous soluble dialdehyde cellulose beads: A new carrier for the formulation of poorly water-soluble drugs. Int J Pharm 2022; 615:121491. [PMID: 35063594 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cellulose beads are porous spherical particles with promising futures for drug delivery applications. In this study, novel dialdehyde cellulose (DAC) beads are developed by periodate oxidation of pristine cellulose for oral delivery of weakly basic poorly water-soluble drugs. Diazepam and itraconazole were studied as model drugs. Drug loadings in DAC beads up to 40% were obtained. Depending on the drug loading, complete or partial amorphization of drugs in DAC beads was observed. Drugs in the amorphous state not only presented a higher extent of dissolution from the DAC beads compared to the crystalline model drug, but the obtained concentration was also supersaturated. This supersaturation is attributed to the amorphization of the drugs in the beads in conjunction with the dissolution of the DAC beads at a neutral pH of the dissolution medium. Further, the effects of two different solvent systems used in the lyophilization step during the preparation of the DAC beads (100% water and 90/10% tert-butanol/water mixture) on their structure were investigated. Interestingly, the selection of the solvent system greatly impacted the bead structure, resulting in radically different drug loading capacity, physical properties, and release behavior of the model drugs. In summary, this is the first study that reports on exploiting soluble, porous, dialdehyde cellulose beads, showing great potential as a carrier for improving the rate and extent of dissolution of poorly soluble drugs and maintaining supersaturation.
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- Fan Xie
- Drug Delivery and Disposition, KU Leuven, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Campus Gasthuisberg ON2, Herestraat 49 b921, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Bio&Chemical Systems Technology, Reactor Engineering and Safety, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Drug Delivery and Disposition, KU Leuven, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Campus Gasthuisberg ON2, Herestraat 49 b921, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Zuo XX, Zhao YH, Zhou MX, Deng BH, Hu LG, Lv F, Lu Y, Hou JB. Live vaccine preserved at room temperature: Preparation and characterization of a freeze-dried classical swine fever virus vaccine. Vaccine 2020; 38:8371-8378. [PMID: 33199076 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The heat-stable live-attenuated classical swine fever virus (CSFV) vaccine is an urgent need in many countries of Asia, Europe and Latin America. In this study, the thermostability of lyophilized live-attenuated CSFV vaccine formulations were investigated using accelerated stability at 37 °C for 10 days. The freeze-dried heat-stable formulation ST16, containing excipient combinations of trehalose, glycine, thiourea and phosphate buffer shows the superior thermostability. Moreover, the lyophilized vaccine with formula ST16 kept loss of viral activity less than 0.5 log10 during 24 months at storage temperatures of 2-8 °C. In thermal study, ST16 stabilized the vaccine within 1.0 log10 loss after storage at up to 25 °C for 6 months and room temperature for 7 months. Even under the harshest storage conditions of 37 °C for 25 days and 45 °C for 2 weeks, the virus titer dropped less than 1.0 log10 using ST16. Besides, it is notable that ST16 excluded gelatin and exogenous proteins, which might cause allergic reactions, thus avoiding immune side effects. The vaccine formulated ST16 proved to be safe and effective when immunized to piglets in vivo. The characteristics of dried vaccines were analyzed by X-ray powder diffraction, residual water measurements, differential scanning calorimetry and it was found that vaccine antigen were preserved in an amorphous matrix with high glass transition temperature above 60 °C and low residual water content below 2%, which made the vaccine more stable during storage.
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- Xiao-Xin Zuo
- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
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- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonose, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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- Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonose, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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Xu K, Bai J, Li QL, Zhao S. Polymorphs and Amorphous State of Glipizide: Preparation and Solid-State Transformations. J Pharm Sci 2020; 110:1718-1726. [PMID: 33160976 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2020.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The solid-state diversity of active pharmaceutical ingredients can provide theoretical guidance for the production and storage of drugs. In this study, three solid forms of glipizide were obtained through various methods, and the solid-state transformations were extensively investigated. Form I could be prepared using evaporative crystallization, cooling crystallization, anti-solvent crystallization, and solvent-mediated slurry conversion experiments (SSCE). Form II was produced by milling. Form III was obtained by milling and SSCE. The results of solid-state transformations indicated that Form I transformed to II during neat milling at 25 °C. In contrast, solvent inhibited the solid-state transformations of Form I under liquid-assisted milling. Forms II and III remained invariable under neat milling at 25 °C, and solid-state transformation of Form III also did not occur in the liquid-assisted milling. In SSCE, the solvent's nature and its temperature significantly influenced the solid-state conversion of amorphous glipizide. Form II converted to either Form I or III in water above 50 °C, and only transformed into Form I at 25 °C. However, the solid-state transformation did not occur when pure Form I or III was stirred in water. Form II also converted to Form I in the organic solvents SSCE at different temperatures.
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- Kailin Xu
- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Analysis and Test Center, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Ornik J, Knoth D, Koch M, Keck CM. Terahertz-spectroscopy for non-destructive determination of crystallinity of L-tartaric acid in smartFilms® and tablets made from paper. Int J Pharm 2020; 581:119253. [PMID: 32217156 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Newly developed active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) often experience low solubility in aqueous media and thus possess poor oral bioavailability. The SmartFilm®-technology is a novel approach to overcome poor solubility. The technique uses commercial paper in which API can be loaded in amorphous state, thus increasing dissolution rate dc/dt and solubility cs when compared to bulk material. However, the preservation of the amorphous state is a prerequisite for an efficient use of the smartFilm-technology and thus the crystalline state needs to be inspected during storage. Preferably, this should be done non-destructively. Traditional techniques, such as x-ray diffraction (XRD) or differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), do not allow for non-destructive crystallinity investigations, whereas Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy is a non-destructive technique, that is sensitive to the crystalline state of many molecular crystals. Therefore, the potential of THz-spectroscopy for crystallinity state inspection of API in smartFilms and tablets made from smartFilms was investigated in this study. The THz results obtained were compared to results obtained from XRD and DSC measurements. Whereas DSC measurements failed to reliably detect crystalline API in the smartFilms, XRD and THz-spectroscopy showed similar results and revealed that it was possible to prepare smartFilms loaded with >23% (w/w) amorphous API. Results indicate the great potential of THz spectroscopy for the non-destructive determination of the crystalline state of APIs in smartFilms and/or tablets made from paper.
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- Jan Ornik
- Department of Physics and Material Sciences Center, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Renthof 5, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Str. 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Material Sciences Center, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Renthof 5, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Str. 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany.
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Descamps M, Willart JF. Scaling laws and size effects for amorphous crystallization kinetics: Constraints imposed by nucleation and growth specificities. Int J Pharm 2018; 542:186-195. [PMID: 29510175 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In the present paper we review different aspects of the crystallization of amorphous compounds in relation to specificities of the nucleation and growth rates. Its main purpose is: i) to underline the interest of a scaling analysis of recrystallization kinetics to identify similarities or disparities of experimental kinetic regimes. ii) to highlight the intrinsic link between the nucleation rate and growth rate with a temperature dependent characteristic transformation time τ(T), and a characteristic size ξ(T). The consequences on the influence of the sample size on kinetics of crystallization is considered. The significance of size effect and confinement for amorphous stabilization in the pharmaceutical sciences is discussed.
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- Marc Descamps
- Université de Lille, CNRS UMR 8207 - UMET - Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Université de Lille, CNRS UMR 8207 - UMET - Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France
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Ubbink J. Structural and thermodynamic aspects of plasticization and antiplasticization in glassy encapsulation and biostabilization matrices. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2016; 100:10-26. [PMID: 26748258 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2015.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The structural and thermodynamic properties of glassy carbohydrate matrices for the encapsulation and biostabilization of sensitive bioactive compounds, such as pharmaceutically active proteins and oxidation-sensitive compounds, are reviewed in the context of the plasticization and antiplasticization of glassy carbohydrates of intermediate and high molecular weight by low molecular weight diluents. Plasticization and antiplasticization may be monitored either by dynamic measures or by structural and thermodynamic features of the glassy matrices. Specifically, it is demonstrated that the decrease in size of the molecular free volume holes with increasing diluent content, as determined by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), is related to the antiplasticization of glassy carbohydrate matrices, resulting in increased barrier properties of the glassy matrix. As far as could be ascertained from the available data, the regimes as identified by PALS map on those detected by neutron scattering and dielectric spectroscopy for glassy matrices consisting of trehalose and the diluent glycerol. The review is concluded by a survey of the published results on the stability of bioactive compounds encapsulated in carbohydrate glasses and an overview of outstanding questions.
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Tabary N, Garcia-Fernandez MJ, Danède F, Descamps M, Martel B, Willart JF. Determination of the glass transition temperature of cyclodextrin polymers. Carbohydr Polym 2016; 148:172-80. [PMID: 27185128 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The aim of this work was to determine the main physical characteristics of β-cyclodextrin polymers, well known for improving complexation capacities and providing enhanced and sustained release of a large panel of drugs. Two polymers were investigated: a polymer of β-cyclodextrin (polyβ-CD) and a polymer of partially methylated (DS=0.57) β-cyclodextrin (polyMe-β-CD). The physical characterizations were performed by powder X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. The results indicate that these polymers are amorphous and that their glass transition is located above the thermal degradation point of the materials preventing their direct observation and thus their full characterization. We could however estimate the virtual glass transition temperatures by mixing the polymers with different plasticizers (trehalose and mannitol) which decreases Tg sufficiently to make the glass transition observable. Extrapolation to zero plasticizer concentration then yield the following Tg values: Tg (polyMe-β-CD)=317°C±5°C and Tg (polyβ-CD)=418°C±6°C.
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- Nicolas Tabary
- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France, Unité Matériaux et Transformation (UMET) UMR CNRS 8207, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France, Unité Matériaux et Transformation (UMET) UMR CNRS 8207, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France, Unité Matériaux et Transformation (UMET) UMR CNRS 8207, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France, Unité Matériaux et Transformation (UMET) UMR CNRS 8207, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France, Unité Matériaux et Transformation (UMET) UMR CNRS 8207, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France, Unité Matériaux et Transformation (UMET) UMR CNRS 8207, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Zhang Y, Zhang H, Che E, Zhang L, Han J, Yang Y, Wang S, Zhang M, Gao C. Development of novel mesoporous nanomatrix-supported lipid bilayers for oral sustained delivery of the water-insoluble drug, lovastatin. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2015; 128:77-85. [PMID: 25731096 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2014] [Revised: 12/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a core/shell structured nanocomposite, mesoporous nanomatrix-supported lipid bilayer (MN-SLB), as an oral drug nanocarrier, on the dissolution behavior and in vivo absorption of a water-insoluble drug, lovastatin (LOV). The formulation strategy was based on the use of drug-loaded mesoporous silica as the core for the fusion of liposomes. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM) and nitrogen adsorption were used to systematically characterize the drug carrier and drug-loaded MN-SLB formulation, confirming the successful inclusion of LOV into the nano-pores of MN-SLB. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) confirmed that the incorporated drug in the carrier was in an amorphous state. An in vitro dissolution study showed that LOV-loaded MN-SLB exhibited a sustained drug release behavior. Compared with the LOV-loaded mesoporous silica particles, LOV-loaded MN-SLB markedly suppressed the burst release. Furthermore, the pharmacokinetics and relative bioavailability of the LOV-loaded MN-SLB formulation was studied in beagle dogs after oral administration and using a commercially available immediate release formulation (Sandoz Lovastatin®) as a reference. It was found that the relative bioavailability of LOV and LOV β-hydroxy acid (LOVA) for the LOV-loaded MN-SLB formulation was 207.2% and 192.1%, respectively. In addition, MN-SLB exhibited negligible toxicity against Caco-2 and HT-29 cells in cytotoxicity assays. The results of this study indicate that the MN-SLB nanocomposite is a promising candidate as a novel oral drug delivery nanovehicle for controlling the dissolution rate and improving the oral absorption of water-insoluble drugs.
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- Yanzhuo Zhang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China.
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- Centre for Pharmaceutical Preparations Technology & Research, Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Pharmaceutical Division, Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd., Lianyungang 222047, China
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- Pharmaceutical Division, Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd., Lianyungang 222047, China
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Santos MI, Araujo-Andrade C, Tymczyszyn EE, Gómez-Zavaglia A. Determination of amorphous/rubbery states in freeze-dried prebiotic sugars using a combined approach of near-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis. Food Res Int 2014; 64:514-519. [PMID: 30011682 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Revised: 07/20/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) and lactulose are well-recognized prebiotics widely used in functional food and pharmaceutical products, but there is still a lack of knowledge regarding their physical-chemical properties. In this study, a physical-chemical approach on two GOS of different composition (GOS Cup Oligo H-70® and GOS Biotempo) and lactulose was assessed. Mid infrared and Raman spectra of the freeze-dried sugars allowed their structural characterization in the amorphous state, lactulose, showing the main spectral differences. Freeze-dried sugars were then equilibrated at 4°C at relative humidity (RH) ranging from 11% to 80%. Near-infrared reflectance spectra were registered in each condition in the 900- to 1700-nm region. A principal component analysis (PCA) was performed on the three sugars equilibrated at different RH. In all the three sugars, the groups observed explained more than 95% of the variance and were related with the RH of the samples. According to the loading plots of PC1, the main differences related with RH were observed in the 1380- to 1500-nm region. As the amorphous states are very sensitive to changes in temperature and moisture content, and the moisture content is related with the parameter T-Tg (T: storage temperature; Tg: vitreous transition temperature), an effort was made to determine this parameter directly from the NIR spectra. To this aim, a partial least square model (PLS) was defined. Tg values obtained by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to calculate the T-Tg values of reference. The model was validated with an independent set of data. The mean of predicted values fitted nicely T-Tg obtained from DSC (correlation=0.966; R2=0.934), thus supporting the use of the PLS model to investigate unknown samples. The stability of amorphous sugars in foods and pharmaceuticals is of practical and economical importance because it affects different quality attributes of foods, including texture, aroma retention and shelf life. Therefore, predicting T-Tg, a parameter that is independent on the sugar investigated, directly from their NIR spectra is of utmost importance to determine the shelf life of food and food-related products and up to our knowledge has never been determined hereto.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mauricio I Santos
- Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology, CCT-La Plata, RA-1900, Argentina
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- Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology, CCT-La Plata, RA-1900, Argentina
| | - Andrea Gómez-Zavaglia
- Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology, CCT-La Plata, RA-1900, Argentina.
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