期刊
PHARMACEUTICS
卷 15, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010278
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particle size; solubility; dissolution; real-time monitoring; biorelevant media
Particle size reduction is commonly used to improve drug formulation solubility and dissolution. This study investigated the effect of particle size, pH, biorelevant media and polymers on the solubility and dissolution of drug formulations using three model compounds. Micronization resulted in a faster dissolution without affecting drug equilibrium solubility, while nanonization improved equilibrium solubility but required appropriate excipient selection. PVPK-25 had an increasing effect on solubility and better inhibition of particle aggregation compared to PVA.
Particle size reduction is a commonly used process to improve the solubility and the dissolution of drug formulations. The solubility of a drug in the gastrointestinal tract is a crucial parameter, because it can greatly influence the bioavailability. This work provides a comprehensive investigation of the effect of the particle size, pH, biorelevant media and polymers (PVA and PVPK-25) on the solubility and dissolution of drug formulations using three model compounds with different acid-base characteristics (papaverine hydrochloride, furosemide and niflumic acid). It was demonstrated that micronization does not change the equilibrium solubility of a drug, but it results in a faster dissolution. In contrast, nanonization can improve the equilibrium solubility of a drug, but the selection of the appropriate excipient used for nanonization is essential, because out of the two used polymers, only the PVPK-25 had an increasing effect on the solubility. This phenomenon can be explained by the molecular structure of the excipients. Based on laser diffraction measurements, PVPK-25 could also inhibit the aggregation of the particles more effectively than PVA, but none of the polymers could hold the nanonized samples in the submicron range until the end of the measurements.
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