scholarly journals Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) to Enhance Berberine Absorption: An In Vivo Pharmacokinetic Study

Molecules ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Sut ◽  
Marta Faggian ◽  
Valeria Baldan ◽  
Gabriele Poloniato ◽  
Ignazio Castagliuolo ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4897
Author(s):  
Bárbara Socas-Rodríguez ◽  
M. Vanessa Torres-Cornejo ◽  
Gerardo Álvarez-Rivera ◽  
Jose A. Mendiola

In this work, a review about the applicability of eutectic solvents, mainly deep eutectic solvents (DES) and natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES), for the extraction of bioactive compounds from natural products has been carried out. These alternative solvents have shown not only to have high extraction yields but also to be environmentally friendly, exhibiting very low or almost no toxicity, compared to conventional organic solvents. The last trends and main extraction methods that have been most widely used in studies using these emerging solvents have been reviewed, as well as the varied natural sources in which they have been used, including agro-food by-products. Besides the toxicity, biodegradability of these solvents is reviewed. Likewise, different reported bioactivity tests have been included, in which extracts obtained with these ecological solvents have been tested from antioxidant activity analysis to in vivo studies with rats, through in vitro cytotoxicity tests.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 776-784
Author(s):  
Xiaonian Han ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Jing Huang ◽  
Lirong Peng

Background: As first-line treatments for diabetes, sitagliptin and metformin have been widely prescribed as a combination to enhance the therapeutic effect. Objective: To establish a methodology to simultaneously monitor the two drugs in vivo by a reversedphase Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method. Methods: The two drugs were extracted from 50 μl human plasma by ion-pair solid phase extraction. The separation of the plasma samples was implemented on an Agilent Zorbax SB-CN column (150×4.6 mm, 5.0 µm). The mobile phase was the mixture (80:20, v/v) of methanol and 5.0 mM ammonium formate in water (pH 4.5). An ion trap spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ionization source was utilized to detect the elution in positive mode. Quantification of the analytes was achieved by Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) using the transitions of m/z 408.3→235.1 for sitagliptin and m/z 130.1→ 60.2 for metformin. Results: Sitagliptin and metformin demonstrated good linearity among the range of 1.00-1000 ng/mL and 5.00-4000 ng/mL. The intra-day and inter-day investigations displayed precisions of ≤ 3.6% and an accuracy range of -7.5% to 6.0% for the two drugs. The mean recovery of the two drugs was 96.0% and 98.5%. Under mandatory storage conditions, both the drugs gave an acceptable stability. The throughput of the assay was found to be more than 100 plasma samples per day ascribed to the run time of 3.0 min for each sample. Conclusion: The developed method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study for a fixeddose tablet formulation containing 50 mg sitagliptin and 500 mg metformin in 12 healthy volunteers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Bjelić ◽  
Brigita Hočevar ◽  
Miha Grilc ◽  
Uroš Novak ◽  
Blaž Likozar

AbstractConventional biorefinery processes are complex, engineered and energy-intensive, where biomass fractionation, a key functional step for the production of biomass-derived chemical substances, demands industrial organic solvents and harsh, environmentally harmful reaction conditions. There is a timely, clear and unmet economic need for a systematic, robust and affordable conversion method technology to become greener, sustainable and cost-effective. In this perspective, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been envisaged as the most advanced novel polar liquids that are entirely made of natural, molecular compounds that are capable of an association via hydrogen bonding interactions. DES has quickly emerged in various application functions thanks to a formulations’ simple preparation. These molecules themselves are biobased, renewable, biodegradable and eco-friendly. The present experimental review is providing the state of the art topical overview of trends regarding the employment of DESs in investigated biorefinery-related techniques. This review covers DESs for lignocellulosic component isolation, applications as (co)catalysts and their functionality range in biocatalysis. Furthermore, a special section of the DESs recyclability is included. For DESs to unlock numerous new (reactive) possibilities in future biorefineries, the critical estimation of its complexity in the reaction, separation, or fractionation medium should be addressed more in future studies.


Author(s):  
Grazielle Oliveira ◽  
Caroline Marques ◽  
Anielle de Oliveira ◽  
Amanda de Almeida dos Santos ◽  
Wanderlei do Amaral ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 1300-1311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dasom Jung ◽  
Jae Back Jung ◽  
Seulgi Kang ◽  
Ke Li ◽  
Inseon Hwang ◽  
...  

The in vitro and in vivo studies suggest that choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents may not be considered as pure, safe mixtures even if they consist of safe compounds.


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