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Self-Nanoemulsification of Healthy Oils to Enhance the Solubility of Lipophilic Drugs
Published on: July 27, 2022
[Design, optimization and quality evaluation of curcumin self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS)]
Yun-Hong Wang1, Sheng-Hua Wang, Rong-Ping Yang
1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611731, China. wyhxxsc312@yahoo.cn
Objective:
To develop the self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) of curcumin, and evaluate its quality in vitro.
Methods:
The excipients of curcumin SEDDS were selected via its solubility study in various oils, surfactants and co-surfactants and the formulation was optimized using ternary phase diagram study and central composite design-response surface methodology (oil, surfactant and co-surfactant percentages as factors; solubility, droplet size, polydispersity index and emulsifying time as responses). The appearance, droplet size and polydispersity index after emulsifying and the emulsifying time of optimized curcumin SEDDS were studied. The solubility of curcumin in the solution of SEDDS was determined.
Results:
Castor oil-(tween-80) -ethanol = 28: 55: 20 (w/ w/w) was selected for optimum curcumin SEDDS. The droplet size was 222. 2 nm, polydispersity index was 0. 171. The time of self-emulsifying was 10 s and the solubility of curcumin in SEDDS was 1.93 mg/mL.
Conclusion:
Curcumin SEDDS formulation is selected and optimized successfully, and the preparation of curcumin SEDDS is simple, the quality is stable.
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