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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
Anti-inflammatory and pharmacokinetics evaluation of PEGylated ibuprofen tablet formulation
Momoh A Mumuni1, Franklin Chimaobi Kenechukwu, Salome Amarachi Chime
1Drug Delivery Research Unit, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria , Nsukka .
Abstract:
To develop a novel PEGylated ibuprofen tablet formulations and evaluate its anti-inflammatory activity and pharmacokinetics profile in an animal model. Six batches of PEGylated ibuprofen tablets were prepared by direct compression using Avicel® and lactose as the binder diluents. In vivo anti-inflammatory activity of the tablets was carried out as well as the pharmacokinetics profiles. The PEGylated ibuprofen tablet reduced carrageenan-induced inflammation in experimental animals and sustained its anti-inflammatory action for over 10 h. The pharmacokinetics profile of the optimized formulations were greater than that of the marketed sample and the pure drug sample. In conclusion, PEGylation of ibuprofen conferred a high level of anti-inflammatory activity and slowed plasma clearance level, indicating sustained release. Thus, further exploration of this novel formulation to be used as an alternative carrier for this drug is required.
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