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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
Cyclodextrin Multicomponent Complexes: Pharmaceutical Applications
Virginia Aiassa1, Claudia Garnero1, Marcela R Longhi1
1Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo en Tecnología Farmacéutica, UNITEFA-CONICET, Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba 5000, Argentina.
Abstract:
Cyclodextrins (CDs) are naturally available water-soluble cyclic oligosaccharides widely used as carriers in the pharmaceutical industry for their ability to modulate several properties of drugs through the formation of drug-CD complexes. The addition of an auxiliary substance when forming multicomponent complexes is an adequate strategy to enhance complexation efficiency and to facilitate the therapeutic applicability of different drugs. This review discusses multicomponent complexation using amino acids; organic acids and bases; and water-soluble polymers as auxiliary excipients. Special attention is given to improved properties by including information on the solubility, dissolution, permeation, stability and bioavailability of several relevant drugs. In addition, the use of multicomponent CD complexes to enhance therapeutic drug effects is summarized.
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