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Pharmaceutics, Volume 9, Issue 2

June 2017 - 10 articles

Cover Story: This artwork depicts the use of poly(styrene-co-maleic-anhydride) (SMA) conjugated folic acid (FA) to enhance the aqueous solubility of a highly hydrophobic anticancer compound 3,4- difluorobenzylidene diferuloylmethane (CDF) and accumulation of targeted formulation at the tumor sites via folate receptor-mediated endocytosis due to the specific binding of folic acid to folate receptors overexpressed on retinoblastoma cells (Y-79). Thus, the formulation will enhance the permeability and retention effect of the CDF drug and will also increase its cytotoxic effect on cancer cells. View the paper.
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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,296 Views
18 Pages

pH sensitive nanoparticles of carbonate apatite (CA) have been proven to be effective delivery vehicles for DNA, siRNAs and proteins. More recently, conventional anti-cancer drugs, such as doxorubicin, methotrexate and cyclophosphamide have been succ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
12,696 Views
8 Pages

An Evaluation of the Binding Strength of Okra Gum and the Drug Release Characteristics of Tablets Prepared from It

  • Amjad Hussain,
  • Farah Qureshi,
  • Nasir Abbas,
  • Muhammad Sohail Arshad and
  • Ejaz Ali

The aim of this study is to evaluate the adhesion ability of okra gum, which is gaining popularity as a tablet binder. For this purpose, gum was extracted from okra pods, and the binding strength of different concentrations (1%, 3%, and 5%) was deter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,991 Views
24 Pages

Stability Study of Sunscreens with Free and Encapsulated UV Filters Contained in Plastic Packaging

  • Benedetta Briasco,
  • Priscilla Capra,
  • Barbara Mannucci and
  • Paola Perugini

Sunscreens play a fundamental role in skin cancer prevention and in protection against photo-aging. UV filters are often photo-unstable, especially in relation to their vehicles and, being lipophilic substances, they are able to interact with plastic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,425 Views
11 Pages

Quality Attributes and In Vitro Bioequivalence of Different Brands of Amoxicillin Trihydrate Tablets

  • Moawia M. Al-Tabakha,
  • Khairi M. S. Fahelelbom,
  • Dana Emad Eddin Obaid and
  • Sadik Sayed

Bacterial resistance and antibiotic drug effectiveness can be related to administering generic products with a subtherapeutic dose or poor in vivo drug release. The aim of this study was to investigate whether locally marketed amoxicillin tablets hav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,132 Views
16 Pages

Optimizing Prednisolone Loading into Distiller’s Dried Grain Kafirin Microparticles, and In vitro Release for Oral Delivery

  • Esther T. L. Lau,
  • Stuart K. Johnson,
  • Barbara A. Williams,
  • Deirdre Mikkelsen,
  • Elizabeth McCourt,
  • Roger A. Stanley,
  • Ram Mereddy,
  • Peter J. Halley and
  • Kathryn J. Steadman

Kafirin microparticles have potential as colon-targeted delivery systems because of their ability to protect encapsulated material from digestive processes of the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The aim was to optimize prednisolone loading into k...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,549 Views
11 Pages

Accessing Mefenamic Acid Form II through High-Pressure Recrystallisation

  • Nasir Abbas,
  • Iain D. H. Oswald and
  • Colin R. Pulham

High-pressure crystallisation has been successfully used as an alternative technique to prepare Form II of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, mefenamic acid (MA). A single crystal of Form II, denoted as high-pressure Form II, was grown at 0.3 GP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,119 Views
12 Pages

Folate Decorated Nanomicelles Loaded with a Potent Curcumin Analogue for Targeting Retinoblastoma

  • Hashem Alsaab,
  • Rami M. Alzhrani,
  • Prashant Kesharwani,
  • Samaresh Sau,
  • Sai HS. Boddu and
  • Arun K. Iyer

The aim of this study was to develop a novel folate receptor-targeted drug delivery system for retinoblastoma cells using a promising anticancer agent, curcumin-difluorinated (CDF), loaded in polymeric micelles. Folic acid was used as a targeting moi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
63 Citations
12,662 Views
23 Pages

Typically, investigations are conducted with the goal of generating inferences about a population (humans or animal). Since it is not feasible to evaluate the entire population, the study is conducted using a randomly selected subset of that populati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,824 Citations
54,496 Views
33 Pages

Liposomal Formulations in Clinical Use: An Updated Review

  • Upendra Bulbake,
  • Sindhu Doppalapudi,
  • Nagavendra Kommineni and
  • Wahid Khan

Liposomes are the first nano drug delivery systems that have been successfully translated into real-time clinical applications. These closed bilayer phospholipid vesicles have witnessed many technical advances in recent years since their first develo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,913 Views
13 Pages

Blend Hydrogel Microspheres of Carboxymethyl Chitosan and Gelatin for the Controlled Release of 5-Fluorouracil

  • Vanarchi Rajini Kanth,
  • Praveen B. Kajjari,
  • Priya M. Madalageri,
  • Sakey Ravindra,
  • Lata S. Manjeshwar and
  • Tejraj M. Aminabhavi

Carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS) was synthesized and blended with gelatin (GE) to prepare hydrogel microspheres by w/o emulsion cross-linking in the presence of glutaraldehyde (GA), which acted as a cross-linker. 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) was encapsulated t...

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