Journal
PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13070952
Keywords
praziquantel; rice; hydogel; ophthalmic; ostrich; Philophthalmus gralli
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- Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan [17H01685]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H01685] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This study aimed to evaluate a novel drug delivery system using modified rice hydrogel containing praziquantel (PZQ) against Philophthalmus gralli isolated from ostrich eyes and examine its toxicity on a chicken eye model. The results showed that the parasiticidal activity of PZQ against P. gralli was concentration- and time-dependent, with a concentration of 10 mu g/mL and exposure time of 24 h being sufficient to kill parasites. The rice hydrogel containing 10 mu g/mL PZQ demonstrated good parasitic killing effects compared to controls.
The present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a novel drug delivery system of the modified rice hydrogel containing praziquantel (PZQ) against Philophthalmus gralli isolated from ostrich eyes and determine the toxicity of the preparation on chicken eye model. The parasiticidal activity of PZQ (0, 1, 10, and 100 mu g/mL) was tested on P. gralli. The ophthalmic antiparasitic hydrogel was formulated with appropriate amount of PZQ and chemically modified rice gel. The parasitic morphology after exposure with the preparation was examined under scanning electron microscope (SEM). The anthelminthic efficacy of the preparation on motility and mortality of parasites was performed by visual inspection and vital dye staining. The ocular irritation of the preparation was evaluated for 21 days using standard avian model followed by OECD 405. The results demonstrated that the parasiticidal activity of PZQ against P. gralli appears to be in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. In addition, the concentration of PZQ 10 mu g/mL (Chi squared test, p = 0.003) and exposure time for 24 h (log-rank test, p = 0.0004) is sufficient to kill parasites, when statistically compared to negative control group. Rice hydrogel containing a lethal concentration of 10 mu g/mL PZQ was successfully prepared. The preparation illustrated good parasitic killing and motile inhibiting effect on P. gralli compared with PZQ 10 mu g/mL and its control (p < 0.05). An appearance under SEM of non-viable parasite after being incubated with the preparation, showing parasitic deformity, was observed comparing with the viable parasite in 0.9% normal saline solution (NSS). Moreover, no irritation of chicken eyes was also observed. Our results contribute to understanding the efficacy and the safety of the rice hydrogel of PZQ which have a predictive value for controlling P. gralli on the animal eyes. However, the pharmacological application needs to be further investigated for the best possible therapeutic approach.
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