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AAPS PHARMSCITECH
Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages 1267-1273Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1208/s12249-015-0474-y
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escitalopram; ion-pair; multiple line regression; transdermal drug delivery; C-13 NMR
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In order to regulate the skin permeation rate (flux) of escitalopram (ESP), ion-pair strategy was used in our work. Five organic acids with different physicochemical properties, benzoic acid (BA), ibuprofen (IB), salicylic acid (SA), benzenesulfonic acid (BSA), and p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), were employed as counter-ions to regulate the permeation rate of ESP across the rabbit abdominal skin in vitro. The interaction between ESP and organic acids was characterized by FTIR and C-13 NMR spectroscopy. Results showed that all organic acids investigated in this study performed a controlling effect on ESP flux. To further analyze the factors concerned with the permeation capability of ESP-acid complex, a multiple linear regression model was used. It is concluded that the steady-state flux (J) of ESP-acid complexes had a positive correlation with log K-o/w (the n-octanol/water partition coefficient of ion-pair complex) and pK(a) (the acidity of organic acid counter-ion), but a negative correlation with MW(the molecular weight of ion-pair complex). The logK(o/w) of ion-pair complex is the primary one in all the factors that influence the skin permeation rate of ESP. The results demonstrated that organic acid with appropriate physicochemical properties can be considered as suitable candidate for the transdermal drug delivery of escitalopram.
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