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PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
卷 21, 期 6, 页码 962-968出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHAM.0000029284.40637.69
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diblock copolymers; polymeric micelles; poorly water-soluble drugs; self-assembly
Purpose. The lack of water-solubility hampers the use of many potent pharmaceuticals. Polymeric micelles are self-assembled nanocarriers with versatile properties that can be engineered to solubilize, target, and release hydrophobic drugs in a controlled-release fashion. Unfortunately, their large-scale use is limited by the incorporation methods available, especially when sterile dosage forms are sought. Methods. In this manuscript, we describe a straightforward, economical, and innovative drug-loading procedure that consists in dissolving both the drug and an amphiphilic diblock copolymer in a water/tert-butanol mixture that is subsequently freeze-dried. Results. We demonstrate that monodisperse 20-60 nm-sized drug-loaded polymeric micelles are produced directly and spontaneously upon rehydration of the freeze-dried cake. To establish the proof-of-principle, two hydrophobic taxane derivatives were solubilized in the micelles, and their partition coefficient was determined. Conclusions. This approach is efficient yet astonishingly simple and may be of great interest for scientists working in nanotechnology and pharmaceutical sciences.
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