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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 607-615Publisher
UNIV SAO PAULO, CONJUNTO QUIMICAS
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-82502015000300012
Keywords
Chondroprotective; Diacerein/dissolution profile; Diacerein/sustained release; Niosomes; Sorbitan monostearate; Reverse-phase evaporation
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- Higher Education Commission of Pakistan [112-23886-2BM1-354]
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Diacerein is used for symptomatic relief and cartilage regeneration in osteoarthritis. Due to gastrointestinal side effects, poor aqueous solubility and low bioavailability, its clinical usage has been restricted. The objective of the present study was to enhance its dissolution profile and to attain sustained release by designing a novel delivery system based on niosomes. Five niosomal formulations (F-1-F-5) with nonionic surfactant (sorbitan monostearate) and cholesterol in varying ratios of 5:5, 6:4, 7:3, 8:2 and 9:1 were developed by the reverse-phase evaporation technique. The size and polydispersivity index (PDI) were found in the range of 0.608 mu m to 1.010 mu m and 0.409 to 0.781, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the selected formulation (F-3) revealed spherical vesicles, and 79.8% entrapment was achieved with F-3 (7:3). Dissolution studies using the dialysis method showed sustained release behaviour for all formulations. The optimized surfactant-to-cholesterol concentration (7:3) in formulation F-3 sustained the drug-release time (T-50%) up to 10 hours. Kinetic modelling exhibited a zero-order release (R-2=0.9834) and the release exponent 'n' of the Korsmayer-Peppas model (n=0.90) confirmed non-fickian and anomalous release. The results of this study suggest that diacerein can be successfully entrapped into niosomes using sorbitan monostearate and that these niosomes have the potential to deliver diacerein efficiently at the absorption site.
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