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Cubic Microcontainers Improve In Situ Colonic Mucoadhesion and Absorption of Amoxicillin in Rats
2020
An increased interest in colonic drug delivery has led to a higher focus on the design of delivery devices targeting this part of the gastrointestinal tract. Microcontainers have previously facilitated an increase in oral bioavailability of drugs. The surface texture and shape of microcontainers have proven to influence the mucoadhesion ex vivo. In the present work, these findings were further investigated using an in situ closed-loop perfusion technique in the rat colon, which allowed for simultaneous evaluation of mucoadhesion of the microcontainers as well as drug absorption. Cylindrical, triangular and cubic microcontainers, with the same exterior surface area, were evaluated based on i…
New prospective in treatment of Parkinson's disease: Studies on permeation of ropinirole through buccal mucosa
2012
The aptitude of ropinirole to permeate the buccal tissue was tested using porcine mucosa mounted on Franz-type diffusion cells as ex vivo model. Drug permeation was also evaluated in presence of various penetration enhancers and in iontophoretic conditions. Ropinirole, widely used in treatment of motor fluctuations of Parkinson's disease, passes the buccal mucosa. Flux and permeability coefficient values suggested that the membrane does not appear a limiting step to the drug absorption. Nevertheless, an initial lag time is observed but the input rate can be modulated by permeation enhancement using limonene or by application of electric fields. Absorption improvement was accompanied by the …
Development and Characterization of an Amorphous Solid Dispersion of Furosemide in the Form of a Sublingual Bioadhesive Film to Enhance Bioavailabili…
2017
Administered by an oral route, Furosemide (FUR), a diuretic used in several edematous states and hypertension, presents bioavailability problems, reported as a consequence of an erratic gastrointestinal absorption due to various existing polymorphic forms and low and pH-dependent solubility. A mucoadhesive sublingual fast-dissolving FUR based film has been developed and evaluated in order to optimize the bioavailability of FUR by increasing solubility and guaranteeing a good dissolution reproducibility. The Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) analyses confirmed that the film prepared using the solvent casting method entrapped FUR in the amorphous state. As a solid dispersion, FUR increa…
Quantitative evaluation of the phenolic profile in fruits of six avocado (Persea americana) cultivars by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography…
2016
The phenolic profiles of six varieties of avocado (Persea americana) grown in Sicily were investigated. The ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-heated electrospray-mass spectrometry method was developed to determine qualitative and quantitative changes in fruits at two different ripening stage. Nineteen individual phenolic compounds were detected in avocado pulp extracts. Gallic acid, sinapinic acid, vanillin, p-coumaric acid, and gentisic acid were present only in ripe fruits. On the contrary, epicatechin decreased with fruit ripening, whereas protocatechuic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, chlorogenic acid, and benzoic acid were relatively stable or exhibited erratic changes with fru…
Acetaldehyde operant self-administration in rats: focus on D2-receptor activation.
2013
Acetaldehyde (ACD), ethanol first metabolite, is rewarding in rodents and humans; it induces “place preference”, is self-administer directly in the VTA, orally in an operant/conflict paradigm and increases DA neurons’ firing. This research aims at investigating DA2-receptor role in the reinstatement of acetaldehyde operant-drinking behaviour, following induction, maintenance and abstinence in the rat. Male Wistar rats are trained to orally self-administer ACD solution (3.2% v/v) or water, in an operant chamber under a FR1. Afterwards animals undergo cyclic periods of deprivation and relapse to ACD. The effect ofD2-receptor activation by quinpirole (0.03mg/kg,i.p.) on operant ACD self-admini…
Activity of orally self-administered acetaldehyde in an operant/conflict paradigm in rats; involvement of cannabinoid cb1 receptors
2012
Acetaldehyde (ACD), ethanol first metabolite, interacts with the dopaminergic reward system, and with the neuropeptidergic transmission in the hypothalamus. Self-administration within operant conditioning is a valid model to investigate drug-seeking and drug-taking behaviour in rats. Cannabinoid CB1 receptors are involved in reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behaviour and of many other drugs of abuse (3). Accordingly, this study was aimed at the evaluation of: 1) the motivational properties of oral ACD in the induction and maintenance of an operant-drinking behaviour; 2) the onset of a relapse drinking behaviour, following ACD deprivation; 3) ACD effect in a conflict situation employing the …
Biofilmas un metallo-β-laktamāzes producēšanas noteikšana Pseudomonas aeruginosa un Acinetobacter baumannii baktēriju almos
2020
Pseudomonas aeruginosa un Acinetobacter baumannii metallo-β-laktamāžu producēšana ir kļuvusi par pieaugošu terapeitisko problēmu visā pasaulē, kā arī antibiotiku rezistentiem celmiem ir spēja veidot noturīgākas biofilmas, kas rada problēmas šo patogēnu izraisīto infekciju ārstēšanā. Darba mērķis: noteikt Pseudomonas aeruginosa un Acinetobacter baumannii spēju veidot biofilmas, producēt metallo- β-laktamāzes, kā arī statistiski apkopot datus par jutību pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem starp 2017. gadu un 2019. gadu, un veikt rezistences izmaiņas salīdzinājumu. Uzdevumi: identificēt no elpceļiem iegūtos izolātus ar BBL™ Crystal™ sistēmu, kā arī ar GenoType® BC gramnegative testu, veikt anti…
Pseudomonas aeruginosa un Acinetobacter baumanii jutība pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem
2018
Pseudomonas aeruginosa un Acinetobacter baumannii ir galvenie ar veselības aprūpes saistīto infekciju (VASI) izraisītāji. Šo patogēnu rezistence pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem pēdējo gadu laikā ir strauji palielinājusies, un ir viena no aktuālākajām problēmām mūsdienās. Darba mērķis: izpētīt gramnegatīvo baktēriju P. aeruginosa un A. baumannii jutību pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem, salīdzināt antibakteriālās rezistences izmaiņas divu gadu laikā. Uzdevumi: identificēt no elpceļiem iegūtos izolātus ar BBL™ Crystal™ sistēmu, veikt antibakteriālo līdzekļu jutības testus, izmantojot Bauer – Kirby disku difūzijas testu un E – testu, fenotipēšanu veikt pēc antibiogrammām. Rezultātus apko…
SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLES FOR APPLICATIONS IN GENE THERAPY: A REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ART
2010
Importance of the field. Gene therapy represents a new paradigm in the prevention and treatment of many inherited and acquired diseases, including genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, haemophilia and many somatic diseases, such as tumours, neurodegenerative diseases and viral infections, such as AIDS. Areas covered in this review. Among a large array of non-viral transfection agents used for in-vitro applications, cationic SLNs are the topic of this review, being recently proposed as an alternative carrier for DNA delivery, due to many technological advantages such as large-scale production from substances generally recognized as safe, good storage stability and possibility of steam …