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Pätzmann N, O'Dwyer PJ, Beránek J, Kuentz M, Griffin BT. Predictive computational models for assessing the impact of co-milling on drug dissolution. Eur J Pharm Sci 2024; 198:106780. [PMID: 38697312 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106780] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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Co-milling is an effective technique for improving dissolution rate limited absorption characteristics of poorly water-soluble drugs. However, there is a scarcity of models available to forecast the magnitude of dissolution rate improvement caused by co-milling. Therefore, this study endeavoured to quantitatively predict the increase in dissolution by co-milling based on drug properties. Using a biorelevant dissolution setup, a series of 29 structurally diverse and crystalline drugs were screened in co-milled and physically blended mixtures with Polyvinylpyrrolidone K25. Co-Milling Dissolution Ratios after 15 min (COMDR15 min) and 60 min (COMDR60 min) drug release were predicted by variable selection in the framework of a partial least squares (PLS) regression. The model forecasts the COMDR15 min (R2 = 0.82 and Q2 = 0.77) and COMDR60 min (R2 = 0.87 and Q2 = 0.84) with small differences in root mean square errors of training and test sets by selecting four drug properties. Based on three of these selected variables, applicable multiple linear regression equations were developed with a high predictive power of R2 = 0.83 (COMDR15 min) and R2 = 0.84 (COMDR60 min). The most influential predictor variable was the median drug particle size before milling, followed by the calculated drug logD6.5 value, the calculated molecular descriptor Kappa 3 and the apparent solubility of drugs after 24 h dissolution. The study demonstrates the feasibility of forecasting the dissolution rate improvements of poorly water-solube drugs through co-milling. These models can be applied as computational tools to guide formulation in early stage development.
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- Nicolas Pätzmann
- School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Department Preformulation and Biopharmacy, Zentiva, k.s., Prague, Czechia
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- Department Preformulation and Biopharmacy, Zentiva, k.s., Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Pharma Technology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland
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Arai Y, Iwao Y, Muguruma Y, Yamamoto K, Ikeda Y. Efficient Drug Loading Method for Poorly Water-Soluble Drug into Bicelles through Passive Diffusion. Mol Pharm 2023; 20:5701-5713. [PMID: 37823379 PMCID: PMC10630946 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00562] [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: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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The bicelle, a type of solid lipid nanoparticle, comprises phospholipids with varying alkyl chain lengths and possesses the ability to solubilize poorly water-soluble drugs. Bicelle preparation is complicated and time-consuming because conventional drug-loading methods in bicelles require multiple rounds of thermal cycling or co-grinding with drugs and lipids. In this study, we proposed a simple drug-loading method for bicelles that utilizes passive diffusion. Drug-unloaded bicelles were placed inside a dialysis device and incubated in a saturated solution of ketoconazole (KTZ), which is a model drug. KTZ was successfully loaded into bare bicelles over time with morphological changes, and the final encapsulated concentration was dependent on the lipid concentration of the bicelles. When polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains of two different lengths (PEG2K and 5K) were incorporated into bicelles, PEG2k and PEG5k bicelles mitigated the morphological changes and improved the encapsulation rate. This mitigation of morphological changes enhanced the encapsulated drug concentration. Specifically, PEG5k bicelles, which exhibited the greatest prevention of morphological changes, had a lower encapsulated concentration after 24 h than that of PEG2k bicelles, indicating that PEGylation with a longer PEG chain length improved the loading capacity but decreased the encapsulation rate owing to the presence of a hydration layer of PEG. Thus, PEG with a certain length is more suitable for passive loading. Moreover, loading factors, such as temperature and vehicles used in the encapsulation process, affected the encapsulation rate of the drug. Taken together, the passive loading method offers high throughput with minimal resources, making it a potentially valuable approach during early drug development phases.
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- Yuta Arai
- Analytical
Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takeda
Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 26-1, Muraoka-Higashi 2-chome, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8555, Japan
- Laboratory
of Physiochemistry and Preformulation Research, Graduate School of
Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba
University, 1-8-1, Inohana,
Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 260-0856 Japan
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- Department
of Physical Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University, 25-1 Shichiban-cho, Wakayama 640-8156, Japan
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- Drug
Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 26-1, Muraoka-Higashi 2-chome, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8555, Japan
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- Analytical
Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takeda
Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 26-1, Muraoka-Higashi 2-chome, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8555, Japan
- Laboratory
of Physiochemistry and Preformulation Research, Graduate School of
Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba
University, 1-8-1, Inohana,
Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 260-0856 Japan
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- Analytical
Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takeda
Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 26-1, Muraoka-Higashi 2-chome, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8555, Japan
- Laboratory
of Physiochemistry and Preformulation Research, Graduate School of
Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba
University, 1-8-1, Inohana,
Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 260-0856 Japan
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Liu W, Yanase T, Iwasa N, Mukai S, Iwamura S, Nagahama T, Shimada T. Post-annealed graphite carbon nitride nanoplates obtained by sugar-assisted exfoliation with improved visible-light photocatalytic performance. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 567:369-378. [PMID: 32070882 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.02.031] [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: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Two-dimensional (2D) graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanoplates (CNNP) have become a hot research topic in photocatalysis due to their small thickness and large specific surface area that favors charge transport and catalytic surface reactions. However, the wide application of 2D g-C3N4 nanoplates prepared by ordinary methods suffers from increased band gaps with a poor solar harvesting capability caused by the strong quantum confinement effect and reduced conjugation distance. In this paper, a facile approach of exfoliation and the following fast thermal treatment of the bulk g-C3N4 is proposed to obtain a porous few-layered g-C3N4 with nitrogen defects. Due to the preferable crystal, textural, optical and electronic structures, the as-obtained porous CNNP demonstrated a significantly improved photocatalytic activity towards water splitting than the bulk g-C3N4 and even the 3 nm-thick CNNP obtained by sugar-assisted exfoliation of the bulk g-C3N4. The difference in the enhancement factors between the H2O splitting and organic decomposition has revealed the effect of N defects. This study offers insightful outlooks on the scalable fabrication of a porous few-layered structure with a promoted photocatalytic performance.
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- Wei Liu
- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan.
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Nugrahani I, Utami D, Ibrahim S, Nugraha YP, Uekusa H. Zwitterionic cocrystal of diclofenac and l-proline: Structure determination, solubility, kinetics of cocrystallization, and stability study. Eur J Pharm Sci 2018; 117:168-76. [PMID: 29475066 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2018.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Atorvastatin calcium (AC) is a BCS class II drug which shows poor bioavailability due to inadequate dissolution. Solid dispersions present a promising option to enhance the solubility of poorly soluble drugs. Co-grinding with hydrophilic excipients is an easy and economical technique to improve the solubility of poorly soluble drugs and is free from usage of organic solvents. The aim of the present study was to explore novel carrier VBP-1 (organosulphur compound) for formulating a solid dispersion by using a simple, commercially viable co-grinding technique to enhance the dissolution of AC and to develop an oral formulation of the same. Composition of the solid dispersion was optimized based on the release profile in pH 1.2 buffer. The optimized solid dispersion was further characterized for flow properties, DSC, FTIR spectroscopy, XRD, contact angle, SEM studies and release profile in phosphate buffer pH 6.8. The developed solid dispersion gave similar release profile as the innovator formulation (Lipitor® tablets) in both pH 1.2 buffer and phosphate buffer pH 6.8. The developed solid dispersion was formulated into hard gelatin capsules (size 3). The developed capsules were found to give similar release as the innovator formulation in both pH 1.2 buffer and phosphate buffer pH 6.8. The developed capsules were found to be stable for a period of 6 months. Anti-hyperlipidemic efficacy studies in rats showed higher reduction in cholesterol and triglyceride levels by the developed capsules in comparison to pure AC. In conclusion, novel carrier VBP-1 was successfully employed to enhance the dissolution of AC using co-grinding technique.
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Azharshekoufeh L, Shokri J, Barzegar-Jalali M, Javadzadeh Y. Liquigroud technique: a new concept for enhancing dissolution rate of glibenclamide by combination of liquisolid and co-grinding technologies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 7:5-12. [PMID: 28546948 PMCID: PMC5439390 DOI: 10.15171/bi.2017.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Introduction: The potential of combining liquisolid and co-grinding technologies (liquiground technique) was investigated to improve the dissolution rate of a water-insoluble agent (glibenclamide) with formulation-dependent bioavailability.
Methods: To this end, different formulations of liquisolid tablets with a wide variety of non-volatile solvents contained varied ratios of drug: solvent and dissimilar carriers were prepared, and then their release profiles were evaluated. Furthermore, the effect of size reduction by ball milling on the dissolution behavior of glibenclamide from liquisolid tablets was investigated. Any interaction between the drug and the excipient or crystallinity changes during formulation procedure was also examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
Results: The present study revealed that classic liquisolid technique did not significantly affect the drug dissolution profile as compared to the conventional tablets. Size reduction obtained by co-grinding of liquid medication was more effective than the implementation of liquisolid technique in enhancing the dissolution rate of glibenclamide. The XRD and DSC data displayed no formation of complex or any crystallinity changes in both formulations.
Conclusion: An enhanced dissolution rate of glibenclamide is achievable through the combination of liquisolid and co-grinding technologies.
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- Leila Azharshekoufeh
- Drug Applied Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Motte JC, Delenne JY, Rouau X, Mayer-Laigle C. Mineral-vegetal co-milling: An effective process to improve lignocellulosic biomass fine milling and to increase interweaving between mixed particles. Bioresour Technol 2015; 192:703-710. [PMID: 26094197 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Fine-milling is a crucial objective for lignocellulosic biomass valorization. Co-milling appears to be a promising technique to improve its efficiency. However, the mechanisms occurring while co-milling remain poorly understood. In this study, an experimental work was performed to produce co-milled powders from both lignocellulosic (wheat, straw or pine sawdust) and mineral materials (limestone, quartzite or tile) with very contrasted physicochemical properties. The main consequences of co-milling were studied for both materials. A two-component mixing law for the prediction of the blend properties was proposed (particle sizes and true densities) to highlight the gain of this single processing step compared to separate milling and mixing. The predicted values were compared with experimental data for co-milled powders at 7 biomass contents from 0% to 100%. In all cases, co-milling leads to a reduction in particle size of lignocellulosic materials and create strong interweaving with mineral particles.
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- J-C Motte
- INRA, UMR 1208 Ingénierie des Agropolymères et Technologies Emergentes, INRA-CIRAD-SupAgro-Universite de Montpellier, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- INRA, UMR 1208 Ingénierie des Agropolymères et Technologies Emergentes, INRA-CIRAD-SupAgro-Universite de Montpellier, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- INRA, UMR 1208 Ingénierie des Agropolymères et Technologies Emergentes, INRA-CIRAD-SupAgro-Universite de Montpellier, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- INRA, UMR 1208 Ingénierie des Agropolymères et Technologies Emergentes, INRA-CIRAD-SupAgro-Universite de Montpellier, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France.
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Cirri M, Maestrelli F, Mennini N, Mura P. Combined use of bile acids and aminoacids to improve permeation properties of acyclovir. Int J Pharm 2015; 490:351-9. [PMID: 26037934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.05.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 03/04/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this work was to develop a topical formulation with improved permeation properties of acyclovir. Ursodeoxycholic (UDC) and dehydrocholic (DHC) acids were tested as potential enhancers, alone or in combination with different aminoacids. Equimolar binary and ternary systems of acyclovir with cholic acids and basic, hydrophilic or hydrophobic aminoacids were prepared by co-grinding in a high vibrational micromill. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to characterize the solid state of these systems, while their permeation properties were evaluated in vitro through a lipophilic artificial membrane. UDC was more than 2 times more effective than DHC in improving drug AUC and permeation rate. As for the ternary systems drug-UDC-aminoacid, only the combined use of l-lysine with UDC acid produced an evident synergistic effect in enhancing drug permeation properties, enabling an almost 3 and 8 times AUC increase compared to the binary UDC system or the pure drug, respectively. The best systems were selected for the development of topical cream formulations, adequately characterized and tested for in vitro drug permeation properties and stability on storage. The better performance revealed by acyclovir-UDC-l-lysine was mainly attributed to the formation of a more permeable activated system induced by the multicomponent co-grinding process.
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- M Cirri
- Dept. of Chemistry, School of Sciences of Human Health, University of Florence, via U. Schiff, 6 Sesto Fiorentino 50019 Florence, Italy.
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- Dept. of Chemistry, School of Sciences of Human Health, University of Florence, via U. Schiff, 6 Sesto Fiorentino 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry, School of Sciences of Human Health, University of Florence, via U. Schiff, 6 Sesto Fiorentino 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry, School of Sciences of Human Health, University of Florence, via U. Schiff, 6 Sesto Fiorentino 50019 Florence, Italy
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Rojas-Oviedo I, Retchkiman-Corona B, Quirino-Barreda CT, Cárdenas J, Schabes-Retchkiman PS. Solubility Enhancement of a Poorly Water Soluble Drug by Forming Solid Dispersions using Mechanochemical Activation. Indian J Pharm Sci 2013; 74:505-11. [PMID: 23798775 PMCID: PMC3687919 DOI: 10.4103/0250-474x.110576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Mechanochemical activation is a practical cogrinding operation used to obtain a solid dispersion of a poorly water soluble drug through changes in the solid state molecular aggregation of drug-carrier mixtures and the formation of noncovalent interactions (hydrogen bonds) between two crystalline solids such as a soluble carrier, lactose, and a poorly soluble drug, indomethacin, in order to improve its solubility and dissolution rate. Samples of indomethacin and a physical mixture with a weight ratio of 1:1 of indomethacin and lactose were ground using a high speed vibrating ball mill. Particle size was determined by electron microscopy, the reduction of crystallinity was determined by calorimetry and transmission electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy was used to find evidence of any interactions between the drug and the carrier and the determination of apparent solubility allowed for the corroboration of changes in solubility. Before grinding, scanning electron microscopy showed the drug and lactose to have an average particle size of around 50 and 30 μm, respectively. After high speed grinding, indomethacin and the mixture had a reduced average particle size of around 5 and 2 μm, respectively, showing a morphological change. The ground mixture produced a solid dispersion that had a loss of crystallinity that reached 81% after 30 min of grinding while the drug solubility of indomethacin within the solid dispersion increased by 2.76 fold as compared to the pure drug. Drug activation due to hydrogen bonds between the carboxylic group of the drug and the hydroxyl group of lactose as well as the decrease in crystallinity of the solid dispersion and the reduction of the particle size led to a better water solubility of indomethacin.
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- I Rojas-Oviedo
- Programa de Maestría en Ciencias Farmacéuticas, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco. Calzada del Hueso 1100, Col. Villa Quietud. C.P. 04960 México, D.F., Mexico
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