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Pharmaceutics, Volume 9, Issue 4

December 2017 - 23 articles

Cover Story: Nanoparticle technology has permitted the exploration of many new avenues in parenteral and nonparenteral drug delivery, not only intravenous but also oral, topical, ocular, respiratory and mucosal. Mucosal drug delivery with nanoparticles may be facilitated by chitosan nanoparticles by virtue of chitosan’s Ph-dependent solubility, positive charge which aids binding to mucous, and the evolution of improved drug loading methodologies. This has permitted a greatly expanded scope of potential clinical applications for polymeric nanoparticles by the nonparenteral routes of administration. This review discusses not only these applications but also the technical aspects of nanoparticle fabrication. View this paper
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Articles (23)

  • Correction
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,904 Views
2 Pages

Correction: Development of Novel Faster-Dissolving Microneedle Patches for Transcutaneous Vaccine Delivery. Pharmaceutics, 2017, 9(3), 27

  • Akihiko Ono,
  • Sayami Ito,
  • Shun Sakagami,
  • Hideo Asada,
  • Mio Saito,
  • Ying-Shu Quan,
  • Fumio Kamiyama,
  • Sachiko Hirobe and
  • Naoki Okada

The authors wish to make a change to their published paper [1].[...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
7,495 Views
12 Pages

Lipid nanocarriers show occlusive properties that may be related to their ability to improve skin hydration. The aim of this work was to evaluate the relationship between in vitro occlusion factor and in vivo skin hydration for three types of lipid n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,216 Views
15 Pages

The pharmacokinetics of a liposomal subunit antigen vaccine system composed of the cationic lipid dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide (DDA) and the immunostimulatory agent trehalose 6,6-dibehenate (TDB) (8:1 molar ratio) combined with the Ag85B-ESAT-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
8,741 Views
17 Pages

A Chitosan—Based Liposome Formulation Enhances the In Vitro Wound Healing Efficacy of Substance P Neuropeptide

  • Tamara Mengoni,
  • Manuela Adrian,
  • Susana Pereira,
  • Beatriz Santos-Carballal,
  • Mathias Kaiser and
  • Francisco M. Goycoolea

Currently, there is considerable interest in developing innovative biodegradable nanoformulations for controlled administration of therapeutic proteins and peptides. Substance P (SP) is a neuropeptide of 11 amino acids that belongs to the tachykinins...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,152 Views
19 Pages

The separation of enantiomers is of great importance due to their possible differences in therapeutic properties. Preferential crystallization in various configurations of coupled batch crystallizers is used as an attractive means to separate the con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
11,795 Views
13 Pages

Preparation and Characterization of Carbamazepine Cocrystal in Polymer Solution

  • Hao Zhang,
  • Ying Zhu,
  • Ning Qiao,
  • Yang Chen and
  • Linghuan Gao

In this study, we attempted to prepare carbamazepine (CBZ) cocrystal through the solution method in ethanol-water solvent mixture (volume ratio 1:1) and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) solution. Nicotinamide (NIC) and saccharin (SAC) were selected as coc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,186 Citations
37,612 Views
26 Pages

An Overview of Chitosan Nanoparticles and Its Application in Non-Parenteral Drug Delivery

  • Munawar A. Mohammed,
  • Jaweria T. M. Syeda,
  • Kishor M. Wasan and
  • Ellen K. Wasan

The focus of this review is to provide an overview of the chitosan based nanoparticles for various non-parenteral applications and also to put a spotlight on current research including sustained release and mucoadhesive chitosan dosage forms. Chitosa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,026 Views
8 Pages

A High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Assay Method for the Determination of Lidocaine in Human Serum

  • Hamdah M. Al Nebaihi,
  • Matthew Primrose,
  • James S. Green and
  • Dion R. Brocks

Here we report on the development of a selective and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of lidocaine in human serum. The extraction of lidocaine and procainamide (internal standard) from serum (0.25 mL) was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,697 Views
13 Pages

The cytochrome P450-mediated Phase I in vitro metabolism of CRV431 was studied using selective chemical inhibition and recombinant human enzymes. Additionally, the metabolic profile of CRV431 in human, rat, and monkey liver microsomes was investigate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
10,612 Views
27 Pages

Many articles have been published in the last two decades demonstrating improvement in the dissolution and absorption of low solubility drugs when formulated into self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS). Several such pharmaceutical products ha...

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