期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
卷 605, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120820
关键词
Nanoprecipitation; Polymeric nanoparticles; Nonspherical nanoparticles; Antimalarial drug; Film stretching method
资金
- Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India [ECR/2018/000723]
The objective of this study was to prepare and evaluate artemether-loaded PLGA nanorods through mechanical stretching of nanospheres, demonstrating sustained drug release and lower hemolysis compared to nanospheres. This method provides a new approach for intravenous delivery of antimalarial drugs.
The objective of the present study was to prepare and evaluate artemether-loaded poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanorods by mechanical stretching of nanospheres. Artemether-loaded PLGA nanospheres were prepared by the standard nanoprecipitation method. To prepare the nanorods, nanospheres (129 nm) were embedded in polyvinyl alcohol film. The film was stretched by using an in-house fabricated film stretching apparatus in one dimension at the rate of 10 mm/min in acetone or silicon oil. Nanorods were recovered by dissolving the film in Milli-Q-water after stretching. The effect of film thickness (100 mu m vs 150 mu m), the ratio of lactide to glycolide in PLGA (50:50 vs 75:25), extent of stretching (2x vs 4x), on the aspect ratio of the nanorods was studied. A sustained release of artemether was observed from both nanospheres and nanorods with almost 85% drug release at the end of 72 h. In cytotoxicity study, almost 90% cell viability was found when THP-1 cells were treated with artemether, nanospheres, and nanorods equivalent to 0.001 to 100 mu g/mL of artemether. At all the concentrations of artemether, nanorods showed less haemolysis of RBCs than the nanospheres. Artemether-loaded PLGA nanorods could be successfully prepared by the film stretching method for intravenous delivery of antimalarial drugs.
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