Formulation and evaluation of proniosome loaded sertaconazole nitrate for topical application

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 023-037
Author(s):  
Shailaja D ◽  
Latha K ◽  
Manasa D ◽  
Shirisha A ◽  
Padmavathi R ◽  
...  

Proniosomal technology is a novel solution for poorly soluble drugs. Proniosomes are water-soluble carrier particles which are coated with non-ionic surfactants. Proniosomal gels were prepared by coacervation phase separation method using non-ionic surfactants, lipid carriers and cholesterol as a membrane stabilizer. FTIR compatibility studies revealed that the drug and excipients were compatible. All formulations were evaluated for pH, drug content, extrudability, spreadability, viscosity, in-vitro, ex-vivo, skin irritation and stability studies. Among formulations prepared, F80H1 has shown higher % EE (83.02) and least diffusion through dialysis membrane i.e., 17.68%. With ex-vivo studies, F80H1 formulation has shown highest skin deposition and lower flux of sertaconazole nitrate through the rat skin. F80H1 was selected as final optimized formulation. F80H1 exhibited good stability and SEM studies revealed that the vesicles were spherical in shape. The optimized formulation was found to follow zero order release kinetics and korsmeyer-peppas release mechanism. F80H1 found to be non-irritant and stable from skin irritation and stability studies.

Author(s):  
Sankha Bhattacharya ◽  
Bhupendra G Prajapati

Objective: The main objective of this experiment was to prepare and optimized celecoxib nanoemulgel. This formulation can be used for acuterheumatoid arthritis patients.Methods: Celecoxib is a poorly water soluble drug. We prepared celecoxib nanoemulgel to improve intrinsic solubility of celecoxib and enhancedeeper permeation throughout the skin. After several screening, the combination of acetonitrile, triacetin, campul 908P was considered for oil phase;acconon MC8-2EP as surfactant, and capmul MCM C-10 as a co-surfactant accordingly. As per Box-Behnken surface design model, optimization wasdone for all the 13 formulations.Results: Based on pseudo ternary plot, it was found that 4:1 Smix ratio was optimum and possessed maximum drug solubility. Further, screeningshown, 0.25-0.75% carbopol-940 can be a stable candidate for hydrogel preparation. Prepared nanoemulsions and hydrogels were admixed to preparenanoemulgel. Based on overlay plot, EG14* formulation was consider as optimum one, and various evaluation parameters were performed along withother formulations. Using Franz diffusion cell, in-vitro diffusion studies was performed. Almost all the formulations produces good qualitative drugrelease profile. The EG14* shown 95.50% drug release after 12th hrs with standard Higuchi plot (R2 value 0.9989). The optimum viscosity was foundto be 521±0.81 mPas at 100 rpm. The appearance of the formulations was milky, yellowish white with expectable pH ranged from 5.8 to 6.7. Theoptimized formulation has good spreadability coefficient, good ex-vivo diffusion enhancement factor (3.03) as compare to marketed gel. Mostly, ourformulations have less skin irritation and higher anti-inflammatory activity (92.56% of inhibition of paw edema for EG14*).Conclusion: From the thermodynamic studies, it was confirmed that EG14* maintained excellent stability profile in various heating-cooling cycle,centrifugation, and freeze-thaw cycle condition. Hence, it can be conclude that, our formulation, can be consider for pilot scale up.


2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed S. Khan ◽  
Gowda D. Vishakante ◽  
H. G. Shivakumar

The present investigation was undertaken to fabricate porous nanoparticles of metoprolol tartrate by spray-drying using ammonium carbonate as pore former. Prepared nanoparticles were coated with Eudragit S100 polymer in order to prevent the release of metoprolol tartrate in the upper GI tract. It was shown that nanoparticles with low size ranges can be obtained with a low feed inlet rate. Micromeritic studies confirmed that nanoparticle batches are discrete and free flowing. Effects of the pore former on drug loading, porosity and in vitro release were studied. It was found that there was an increase in drug loading and porosity with increasing the amount of pore former. In vitro drug release studies showed that an increase in pore former made drug release faster. Release kinetics proved that nanoparticles follow a zero-order release mechanism.


Author(s):  
Sudarshan Singh ◽  
Sandip G Maru ◽  
Sunil Bothara B

Bioadhesive materials are agents which adhere to the mucous membrane due to specific properties and release the drug at the site of action in controlled manner. Since the biodegradability of the synthetic polymer is at some instance hesitant. In this exploration, a bioadhesive polymer has been developed which was isolated from leaves of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. The mucilage isolated from A. vera were used as a bioadhesive polymer in tablet formulation and evaluated for the parameters such as swelling, pH, and bioadhesive property like bioadhesive strength, record of adherence and ex-vivo residence time. The buccal bioadhesive tablet was prepared using glipizide as model drug. The prepared tablet was evaluated against existing bioadhesive polymer such as guar gum and hydroxyl propyl cellulose. Swelling index and surface pH was found to be 13.12-18.06% and 6.5-6.9 respectively. The drug permeation through goat buccal mucosa was found to be 60.21 ± 0.06 % in the end of 7 h with a Jss of 0.24 mg h-1 cm-2. The stability studies were performed on optimized formulation as per ICH guideline, result showed that there was no significant change in physical characteristic, adhesive strength and in vitro release. It was observed that as the concentration of mucilage increases swelling index also increases. Results of pH showed that mucilage is slightly near to neutral in nature. Formulations were evaluated for preformulation parameters, in vitro drug release profile and release kinetics. The formulations were found to have good preformulation characteristics. FTIR spectroscopy showed no significant chemical interaction within drug and excipients. The release mechanism of glipizide from buccal tablets indicated anomalous (non-fickian) transport mechanism and followed zero order kinetics. It was concluded that the mucilage of A. vera can be used as a pharmaceutical excipient in buccal bioadhesive drug delivery systems.


2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashlesha Pravin Pandit ◽  
Rajendra Dattatray Shinde

Blends of aqueous dispersion of a hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymer, namely Surelease®: hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (Surelease®: HPMC E15) were used as coating materials to control the drug release from coated pellets of the highly water soluble drug metoprolol succinate. Varying the polymer blends, ranges of drug release patterns were obtained at pH 6.8. The present study dealt with diffusion of drug through plasticized Surelease®/ hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC E15) films prepared by coating of drug and polymers onto non-pareil seeds using the solution layering technique. The release of metoprolol succinate from coated pellets was decreased with increased coating load of polymer. The optimized formulation was obtained by 3² full factorial design. The release profile revealed that the optimized formulation follows zero order release kinetics. The stability data showed no interaction for storage at 25ºC and 60% relative humidity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-419
Author(s):  
Ruchi Tiwari ◽  
Gaurav Tiwari ◽  
Rachna Singh

Background: The present study assessed the transdermal potential of transferosomes loaded with allopurinol for the treatment of gout. Methods: Transferosomes of allopurinol were composed of different ratios of tween-80, soya lecithin and solvent using a thin-film hydration method. Transferosomes were characterized for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), zeta potential, % entrapment efficiency (%EE), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), in-vitro drug release and kinetics as well as stability. Then, optimized formulation was incorporated in gel and evaluated for viscosity, pH, extrudability, homogeneity, skin irritation study, spreadability, ex vivo skin permeation study, flux, and stability. Results: SEM studies suggested that vesicles were spherical and zeta potential were in the range of -11.4 mV to -29.6 mV and %EE was 52.4- 83.87%. FTIR study revealed that there was no interaction between allopurinol and excipients during the preparation of transferosomes. The cumulative percentage of drug release from various transferosomes was ranged from 51.87 to 81.87%. A transferosomal gel of F8 formulation was prepared using dispersion method reported pseudoplastic rheological behavior, optimum pH, spreadability and maximum drug permeation i.e. 79.84% with flux 13.06 g/cm2/hr, followed zero-order release kinetics. Irritation and in-vivo studies of optimized transferosomal gel G8 on rabbits revealed better results than the standard allopurinol. Conclusion: This research suggested that allopurinol loaded transferosomal gel can be potentially used as a transdermal drug delivery system for the treatment of gout.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-256
Author(s):  
Kriti Soni ◽  
Ali Mujtaba ◽  
Md. Habban Akhter ◽  
Kanchan Kohli

Aim: The intention of this investigation was to develop Pemetrexed Diacid (PTX)-loaded gelatine-cloisite 30B (MMT) nanocomposite for the potential oral delivery of PTX and the in vitro, and ex vivo assessment. Background: Gelatin/Cloisite 30 B (MMT) nanocomposites were prepared by blending gelatin with MMT in aqueous solution. Methods: PTX was incorporated into the nanocomposite preparation. The nanocomposites were investigated by Fourier Transmission Infra Red Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Confocal Laser Microscopy (CLSM). FT-IR of nanocomposite showed the disappearance of all major peaks which corroborated the formation of nanocomposites. The nanocomposites were found to have a particle size of 121.9 ± 1.85 nm and zeta potential -12.1 ± 0.63 mV. DSC thermogram of drug loaded nanocomposites indicated peak at 117.165 oC and 205.816 oC, which clearly revealed that the drug has been incorporated into the nanocomposite because of cross-linking of cloisite 30 B and gelatin in the presence of glutaraldehyde. Results: SEM images of gelatin show a network like structure which disappears in the nanocomposite. The kinetics of the drug release was studied in order to ascertain the type of release mechanism. The drug release from nanocomposites was in a controlled manner, followed by first-order kinetics and the drug release mechanism was found to be of Fickian type. Conclusion: Ex vivo gut permeation studies revealed 4 times enhancement in the permeation of drug present in the nanocomposite as compared to plain drug solution and were further affirmed by CLSM. Thus, gelatin/(MMT) nanocomposite could be promising for the oral delivery of PTX in cancer therapy and future prospects for the industrial pharmacy.


Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 556
Author(s):  
Luca Éva Uhljar ◽  
Sheng Yuan Kan ◽  
Norbert Radacsi ◽  
Vasileios Koutsos ◽  
Piroska Szabó-Révész ◽  
...  

Nanofibers of the poorly water-soluble antibiotic ciprofloxacin (CIP) were fabricated in the form of an amorphous solid dispersion by using poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) as a polymer matrix, by the low-cost electrospinning method. The solubility of the nanofibers as well as their in vitro diffusion were remarkably higher than those of the CIP powder or the physical mixture of the two components. The fiber size and morphology were optimized, and it was found that the addition of the CIP to the electrospinning solution decreased the nanofiber diameter, leading to an increased specific surface area. Structural characterization confirmed the interactions between the drug and the polymer and the amorphous state of CIP inside the nanofibers. Since the solubility of CIP is pH-dependent, the in vitro solubility and dissolution studies were executed at different pH levels. The nanofiber sample with the finest morphology demonstrated a significant increase in solubility both in water and pH 7.4 buffer. Single medium and two-stage biorelevant dissolution studies were performed, and the release mechanism was described by mathematical models. Besides, in vitro diffusion from pH 6.8 to pH 7.4 notably increased when compared with the pure drug and physical mixture. Ciprofloxacin-loaded poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) nanofibers can be considered as fast-dissolving formulations with improved physicochemical properties.


Author(s):  
Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra ◽  
Boddu Pavan Kumar ◽  
Pankaj Singh Patel ◽  
Harish Chandra Verma ◽  
Satyajit Sahoo

Mucoadhesive buccal films of rivastigmine were prepared by the solvent casting technique using HPMC K15M, sodium alginate, glycerine, and Eudragit RL100. Arranged films assessed for weight variation, thickness, % drug substance, % moisture loss, % moisture take-up, folding endurance, in-vitro medicament release, and Fourier transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The films showed a controlled release (CR) over 8 h. The preparation observed to be a worthy candidate for the development of buccal patches for therapeutic purposes. Drug-polymer compatibility considers FTIR demonstrated no contradiction between the medicament and the polymers. The optimized formulation found F7 indicated drug release 85% at the end of 8 h. Thinking about the correlation coefficient (R2) values got from the kinetic equations, the drug release from the formulations F1-F8 has discovered zero-order release mechanism. It can be concluded that oral buccal patches of rivastigmine, for treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, can be formulated. The study suggests that rivastigmine can be conveniently administered orally in the form of buccal patches, with the lesser occurrence of its side effects and improved bioavailability.


INDIAN DRUGS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Ashwin A. Patil ◽  
Ketan B. Patil ◽  
Laxmikant R. Zawar

Present work focused on thiolation for enhancing the mucoadhesive potential of Gum kondagogu (GK). Thiolation of GK was done by esterification process with 80 % thioglycolic acid in presence of 7N HCl. Thiolated Gum kondagogu (ThioGK) was determined to possess 1.59 ±0.04 mmol of thiol groups/g of the polymer by Ellman’s method. ThioGK was characterized by FTIR, NMR, DSC, XRD, and FE-SEM. The tablets were prepared by direct compression using 75 mg of ThioGK and GK. Tablets containing ThioGK (F1) and GK (F2) were subjected to evaluation of weight variation, hardness and friability and show enhanced disintegration time, swelling behavior, drug release and mucoadhesion. In vitro drug release of batch F1 exhibits complete release of drug in 24 hr with zero order release kinetics. Comparative mucoadhesive strength was studied using chicken ileum by texture analyzer and revealed higher mucoadhesion of tablet containing ThioGK. From the above study, ThioGK was suitability exploited as mucoadhesive sustained release matrix tablet.


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