Journal
JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 110, Issue 4, Pages 1779-1787Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2021.01.023
Keywords
LDH; Drug; Release; Ibuprofen; Paracetamol
Funding
- UNS
- ANPCYT
- CONICET
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This study investigates the effect of drug structure and ionization degree on the formation and properties of biocompatible layered double hydroxides (LDH) intercalated with ibuprofen and paracetamol. It was found that ibuprofen intercalation was efficient while paracetamol intercalation was poor. The dissolution kinetics of LDHs was highly pH-dependent, while the drug release kinetics were influenced by both pH and buffer type in physiological buffers.
This work examines the effect of drug structure and ionization degree on the formation and properties of biocompatible layered double hydroxides (LDH) intercalated with ibuprofen and paracetamol. Ibuprofen (pKa = 5.3) is in its anionic form, whereas paracetamol (pKa 9.4) is only partially ionized at the synthesis pH (9.0), and thus intercalation is expected to be different in the two cases. Chemical analyses, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy and thermal analyses were applied to characterize the materials. Dissolution kinetics and drug release kinetics were also investigated, in an ample range of pH (3.0-9.0) in NaCl solutions, and in physiological buffers (1.2, 4.5 and 6.8). All characterization techniques showed that an efficient intercalation of ibuprofen took place, resulting in a material with 30% of its weight corresponding to the drug. On the contrary, all techniques revealed a very poor intercalation of paracetamol (1.2%). The dissolution kinetics of LDHs was highly pH-dependent, being higher as pH decreased. The drug release kinetics, conversely, increased as pH increased. In physiological buffers the release rate depended not only on the pH but also on the type of buffer. This last behavior is useful to control the release in different parts of the digestive system. (C) 2021 American Pharmacists Association (R). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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