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Pharmaceutics, Volume 16, Issue 8

August 2024 - 139 articles

Cover Story: Curcumin and piperine are plant compounds known for their health-promoting properties, but their use in the prevention and treatment of various diseases is limited by their poor solubility. To overcome this drawback, this work aimed to develop amorphous dispersions of a polymer–phospholipid of curcumin and piperine to improve the bioaccessibility of these compounds. Hot-melt extrusion technology was employed to fabricate the systems. Solid-state characterization was performed. The increased solubility and permeability in vitro were reported. Obtaining amorphous polymer–phospholipid dispersions appears to be a promising solubility-enabling formulation that can be applied to enhance the bioavailability of weakly soluble active pharmaceutical substances.View this paper
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Articles (139)

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,568 Views
7 Pages

Emerging Strategies in Drug Development and Clinical Care in the Era of Personalized and Precision Medicine

  • Cristina Manuela Drăgoi,
  • Alina Crenguța Nicolae and
  • Ion-Bogdan Dumitrescu

In the ever-changing landscape of modern medicine, we face an important moment where the interplay of disease, drugs, and patients defines a new paradigm [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,854 Views
33 Pages

The Immunosuppressive Properties of Cyclo-[D-Pro-Pro-β3-HoPhe-Phe-] Tetrapeptide Selected from Stereochemical Variants of Cyclo-[Pro-Pro-β3-HoPhe-Phe-] Peptide

  • Krzysztof Kaczmarek,
  • Jolanta Artym,
  • Joanna Bojarska,
  • Barbara Pacholczyk-Sienicka,
  • Joanna Waśko,
  • Ingrid Jelemenska,
  • Wojciech M. Wolf,
  • Martin Breza and
  • Michał Zimecki

The anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and anti-cancer properties, as well as the mechanism of action of cyclo-[Pro-Pro-β3-HoPhe-Phe-] tetrapeptide (denoted as 4B8M), were recently described. The aim of this work was to synthesize and evaluate the im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,716 Views
12 Pages

Curcumin Attenuates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Oxidative Stress and Increases Survival in Mice

  • Felipe S. Arruda,
  • Fernanda D. Tomé,
  • Anália C. Milhomem,
  • Pablo I. R. Franco,
  • Allisson B. Justino,
  • Rodrigo R. Franco,
  • Erica C. Campos,
  • Foued S. Espindola,
  • Danilo F. Soave and
  • Mara Rubia N. Celes

Doxorubicin (DOX) is a potent chemotherapeutic agent used to treat multiple types of cancer, but its clinical application is limited by cardiotoxicity, mainly due to oxidative stress. Curcumin (CUR) is a natural polyphenolic compound with strong anti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,777 Views
13 Pages

Paclitaxel, which features low water solubility and permeability, is an efflux pump substrate. The current paclitaxel drugs are given intravenously after resolving the solubility issue. Yet, oral delivery to achieve therapeutic bioavailability is not...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,420 Views
14 Pages

Fiber-based technologies are widely used in various industries, but their use in pharmaceuticals remains limited. While melt extrusion is a standard method for producing medical fibers such as sutures, it is rarely used for pharmaceutical fiber-based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,537 Views
22 Pages

Electrospraying as a Means of Loading Itraconazole into Mesoporous Silica for Enhanced Dissolution

  • Charitini Volitaki,
  • Andrew Lewis,
  • Duncan Q. M. Craig and
  • Asma Buanz

Mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) have been investigated as potential carriers to increase the apparent solubility and dissolution rate of poorly water-soluble drugs by physically stabilising the amorphous nature of the loaded drug. In preparing suc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,918 Views
15 Pages

Population Pharmacokinetic–Pharmacodynamic Analysis of a Reserpine-Induced Myalgia Model in Rats

  • Gloria M. Alfosea-Cuadrado,
  • Javier Zarzoso-Foj,
  • Albert Adell,
  • Alfonso A. Valverde-Navarro,
  • Eva M. González-Soler,
  • Víctor Mangas-Sanjuán and
  • Arantxa Blasco-Serra

(1) Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic pain condition with widespread pain and multiple comorbidities, for which conventional therapies offer limited benefits. The reserpine-induced myalgia (RIM) model is an efficient animal model o...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2,782 Views
7 Pages

The deformulation stage of original drug products, which includes the quantification of critical excipients, is crucial for the successful development of generic drug products of solid dosage form. Sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) belongs to the group of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,315 Views
18 Pages

The Development of a Chocolate-Based Chewable Tablet of Prednisolone—Enhancing the Palatability of Steroids for Pediatric Use

  • Okhee Yoo,
  • Edith Tang,
  • Md Lokman Hossain,
  • Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg,
  • David Sommerfield,
  • Chloe Heath,
  • Neil Hauser,
  • R. Nazim Khan,
  • Cornelia Locher and
  • Minh Nguyen
  • + 1 author

Oral liquid prednisolone medications have poor acceptance among paediatric patients due to ineffective masking of the bitterness taste of prednisolone. This study aimed to develop a child-friendly prednisolone tablet using a patented chewable chocola...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,227 Views
23 Pages

Enhancement of Antimicrobial Function by L/D-Lysine Substitution on a Novel Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Peptide, Phylloseptin-TO2: A Structure-Related Activity Research Study

  • Weining Yin,
  • Junting Yao,
  • Xuwei Leng,
  • Chengbang Ma,
  • Xiaoling Chen,
  • Yangyang Jiang,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Tianbao Chen,
  • Chris Shaw and
  • Mei Zhou
  • + 1 author

Antibiotic resistance poses a serious threat to public health globally, reducing the effectiveness of conventional antibiotics in treating bacterial infections. ESKAPE pathogens are a group of highly transmissible bacteria that mainly contribute to t...

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Pharmaceutics - ISSN 1999-4923