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Pharmaceutics, Volume 12, Issue 3

March 2020 - 100 articles

Cover Story: A AuNR-based hybrid vector covered with thermosensitive polyamidoamine dendron-bearing lipids and cationic lipids was designed as a nanoplatform for a light-activatable transfection system towards spatiotemporal control of gene delivery. The hybrid vector–pDNA complexes generated heat under NIR laser irradiation and formed aggregates at high temperatures. Transfection activity of the complexes was improved considerably by short NIR laser irradiation by enhanced internalization of the complexes via hydrophobic interaction and release of pDNA. View this paper
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Articles (100)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,224 Views
9 Pages

Optimal Connection for Tiotropium SMI Delivery through Mechanical Ventilation: An In Vitro Study

  • Tien-Pei Fang,
  • Yu-Ju Chen,
  • Tsung-Ming Yang,
  • Szu-Hu Wang,
  • Ming-Szu Hung,
  • Shu-Hua Chiu,
  • Hsin-Hsien Li,
  • James B. Fink and
  • Hui-Ling Lin

We aimed to quantify Soft Mist Inhalers (SMI) delivery to spontaneous breathing model and compare with different adapters via endotracheal tube during mechanical ventilation or by manual resuscitation. A tiotropium SMI was used with a commercial in-l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,564 Views
11 Pages

Safe Practice of Y-Site Drug Administration: The Case of Colistin and Parenteral Nutrition

  • Maciej Stawny,
  • Aleksandra Gostyńska,
  • Malwina Nadolna and
  • Anna Jelińska

A serious problem in everyday clinical practice is the co-administration of drugs using the same infusion line. Potential complications of co-administration of incompatible drugs include precipitation in the infusion line or central venous catheter l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,075 Views
10 Pages

Alendronic Acid as Ionic Liquid: New Perspective on Osteosarcoma

  • Sónia Teixeira,
  • Miguel M. Santos,
  • Maria H. Fernandes,
  • João Costa-Rodrigues and
  • Luís C. Branco

Herein the quantitative synthesis of eight new mono- and dianionic Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids (OSILs) from alendronic acid (ALN) is reported by following two distinct sustainable and straightforward methodologies, according to the type of cation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,588 Views
15 Pages

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs) have the potential to be used as antigen carriers due to their high surface areas and highly ordered pore network. We investigated the adsorption and desorption of diphtheria toxoid as a proof-of-concept. Two s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,214 Views
15 Pages

Segmental-Dependent Solubility and Permeability as Key Factors Guiding Controlled Release Drug Product Development

  • Milica Markovic,
  • Moran Zur,
  • Noa Fine-Shamir,
  • Ester Haimov,
  • Isabel González-Álvarez and
  • Arik Dahan

The main factors influencing the absorption of orally administered drugs are solubility and permeability, which are location-dependent and may vary along the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The purpose of this work was to investigate segmental-dependen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,843 Views
15 Pages

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of childhood death. Despite the startling statistics, it is neglected globally as evidenced by treatment and clinical care schemes, mostly extrapolated from studies in adults. The objective of this study was to form...

  • Review
  • Open Access
113 Citations
22,735 Views
12 Pages

Quality by Design: Development of the Quality Target Product Profile (QTPP) for Semisolid Topical Products

  • Sarika Namjoshi,
  • Maryam Dabbaghi,
  • Michael S. Roberts,
  • Jeffrey E. Grice and
  • Yousuf Mohammed

In recent years, the “quality by design” (QbD) approach has been used for developing pharmaceutical formulations. This is particularly important for complex dosage forms such as topical semisolid products. The first step for developing a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
383 Citations
18,679 Views
26 Pages

Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Delivery of Chemotherapeutics: A Review

  • Mohamed Haider,
  • Shifaa M. Abdin,
  • Leena Kamal and
  • Gorka Orive

The efficacy of current standard chemotherapy is suboptimal due to the poor solubility and short half-lives of chemotherapeutic agents, as well as their high toxicity and lack of specificity which may result in severe side effects, noncompliance and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,966 Views
22 Pages

Mechanochemical Formation of Racemic Praziquantel Hemihydrate with Improved Biopharmaceutical Properties

  • Debora Zanolla,
  • Dritan Hasa,
  • Mihails Arhangelskis,
  • Gabriela Schneider-Rauber,
  • Michele R. Chierotti,
  • Jennifer Keiser,
  • Dario Voinovich,
  • William Jones and
  • Beatrice Perissutti

Praziquantel (PZQ) is the first-line drug used against schistosomiasis, one of the most common parasitic diseases in the world. A series of crystalline structures including two new polymorphs of the pure drug and a series of cocrystals of PZQ have be...

  • Review
  • Open Access
231 Citations
14,711 Views
25 Pages

Nanogel: A Versatile Nano-Delivery System for Biomedical Applications

  • Yanlong Yin,
  • Ben Hu,
  • Xiao Yuan,
  • Li Cai,
  • Huile Gao and
  • Qian Yang

Nanogel-based nanoplatforms have become a tremendously promising system of drug delivery. Nanogels constructed by chemical crosslinking or physical self-assembly exhibit the ability to encapsulate hydrophilic or hydrophobic therapeutics, including bu...

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