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Pharmaceutics, Volume 13, Issue 7

July 2021 - 183 articles

Cover Story: Topical treatment of wound infection is a challenge. Surfactants have been used for decades to improve the stability of formulations, increase drug solubility, and enhance penetration. In this study, we screened different surfactants with respect to their cytotoxicity and their ability to improve the penetration of poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) particles in wound tissue, as well as tested the most promising formulations in an ex vivo wound infection model based on human skin explants. The surfactants remarkably improved the antimicrobial activity of ciprofloxacin or ciprofloxacin-loaded PLGA particles. We conclude that the use of surfactants, such as Tween 80, in antimicrobial formulations might be a safe and efficient option to improve the topical antimicrobial management of chronic wound infections. View this paper
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Articles (183)

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
7,164 Views
26 Pages

Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles of Tamoxifen and Resveratrol for Dual Drug Delivery System and Potential Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment

  • Ali A. Al-jubori,
  • Ghassan M. Sulaiman,
  • Amer T. Tawfeeq,
  • Hamdoon A. Mohammed,
  • Riaz A. Khan and
  • Salman A. A. Mohammed

Nanoparticle development demonstrates use in various physicochemical, biological, and functional properties for biomedical applications, including anti-cancer applications. In the current study, a cancer therapeutic conjugate was produced consisting...

  • Review
  • Open Access
71 Citations
6,760 Views
26 Pages

Cyclodextrin Multicomponent Complexes: Pharmaceutical Applications

  • Virginia Aiassa,
  • Claudia Garnero,
  • Marcela R. Longhi and
  • Ariana Zoppi

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are naturally available water-soluble cyclic oligosaccharides widely used as carriers in the pharmaceutical industry for their ability to modulate several properties of drugs through the formation of drug–CD complexes. The additio...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
265 Citations
53,954 Views
41 Pages

Introduction: Medication adherence continues to be a significant challenge in healthcare, and there is a shortage of effective interventions in this area. This scoping review studied the patient-related factors of medication adherence. Methods: We se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,323 Views
20 Pages

Machine learning (ML) approaches are receiving increasing attention from pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies, given their ability to mine knowledge from available data. In drug discovery, for example, they are employed in quantitative st...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,928 Views
15 Pages

The management of exudative retinal diseases underwent a revolution due to the introduction of intravitreal treatments. There are two main classes of intravitreal drugs, namely anti-vascular endothelial growth factors (anti-VEGF) and corticosteroids...

  • Review
  • Open Access
157 Citations
16,448 Views
48 Pages

P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is crucial in the active transport of various substrates with diverse structures out of cells, resulting in poor intestinal permeation and limited bioavailability following oral administration. P-gp inhibitors, including small m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,287 Views
19 Pages

3D-Printed Mesoporous Carrier System for Delivery of Poorly Soluble Drugs

  • Christos S. Katsiotis,
  • Michelle Åhlén,
  • Maria Strømme and
  • Ken Welch

Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is the most extensively employed 3D-printing technique used in pharmaceutical applications, and offers fast and facile formulation development of personalized dosage forms. In the present study, mesoporous materials w...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,069 Views
8 Pages

Simplified 89Zr-Labeling Protocol of Oxine (8-Hydroxyquinoline) Enabling Prolonged Tracking of Liposome-Based Nanomedicines and Cells

  • Andras Polyak,
  • Jens P. Bankstahl,
  • Karen F. W. Besecke,
  • Constantin Hozsa,
  • Wiebke Triebert,
  • Rajeswara Rao Pannem,
  • Felix Manstein,
  • Thomas Borcholte,
  • Marcus Furch and
  • Robert Zweigerdt
  • + 3 authors

In this work, a method for the preparation of the highly lipophilic labeling synthon [89Zr]Zr(oxinate)4 was optimized for the radiolabeling of liposomes and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The aim was to establish a robust and reliable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,242 Views
11 Pages

A Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Peptide Dendrimer-Based Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy

  • Dandan Zhu,
  • Huanle Zhang,
  • Yuanzheng Huang,
  • Baoping Lian,
  • Chi Ma,
  • Lili Han,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Shengmei Wu,
  • Ning Li and
  • Wenjie Zhang
  • + 1 author

Despite being a mainstay of clinical cancer treatment, chemotherapy is limited by its severe side effects and inherent or acquired drug resistance. Nanotechnology-based drug-delivery systems are widely expected to bring new hope for cancer therapy. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,619 Views
18 Pages

Phosphatidylserine-Gold Nanoparticles (PS-AuNP) Induce Prostate and Breast Cancer Cell Apoptosis

  • Allan Radaic,
  • Nam E. Joo,
  • Soo-Hwan Jeong,
  • Seong-II Yoo,
  • Nicholas Kotov and
  • Yvonne L. Kapila

Prostate and breast cancer are the current leading causes of new cancer cases in males and females, respectively. Phosphatidylserine (PS) is an essential lipid that mediates macrophage efferocytosis and is dysregulated in tumors. Therefore, developin...

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Pharmaceutics - ISSN 1999-4923