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Transport Properties of Ibuprofen Encapsulated in Cyclodextrin Nanosponge Hydrogels: A Proton HR-MAS NMR Spectroscopy Study
Published on: August 15, 2016
Daidzein/cyclodextrin/hydrophilic polymer ternary systems
Greice Stefani Borghetti1, Angela Pinheiro Pinto, Ivana Silva Lula
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. greicefarm@yahoo.com.br
Objective:
To evaluate the effect of different cyclodextrins (β-cyclodextrin [β-CD], methyl-β-cyclodextrin [Mβ-CD], or hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin [HPβ-CD]) and/or hydrophilic polymers (carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose [HPMC], polyethyleneglycol, or polyvinylpyrrolidone [PVP]) on daidzein solubility in water.
Materials And Methods:
The corresponding associations were characterized in aqueous media using phase-solubility studies. The morphology of daidzein/cyclodextrin freeze-dried complexes was characterized using scanning electron microscopy, and their spatial configuration was proposed by means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Results And Discussion:
In the presence of 6 mM of cyclodextrins, the solubility of daidzein in water was significantly enhanced: 5.7-fold (β-CD), 7.2-fold (Mβ-CD), and 9.4-fold (HPβ-CD). The analysis of the three solid complexes proved that the formation of inclusion complexes occurred through the insertion of the B and C rings of daidzein molecule into the cyclodextrins cavity. The association of daidzein/cyclodextrin complexes to the hydrophilic polymers HPMC or PVP (1%, w/w) was able to improve the solubility of daidzein even further.
Conclusion:
The highest solubilizing effect was obtained for daidzein/HPβ-CD/PVP ternary system (12.7-fold).
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