Effects of drug-polymer dispersions on solubility and <Emphasis Type="Italic">in vitro</Emphasis> diffusion of artemisinin across a polydimethylsiloxane membrane

Artemisinin(ART) is a sesquiterpene lactone with an endo-peroxide bridge that is thought to be responsible for its antimalarial activity.It has low oral bioavailability because of aqueous insolubility,which leads to local toxicity at the site of aggregation.The present work focused on increasing its solubility and evaluating its permeation across a model membrane to mimic transdermal delivery that bypasses the hepatic metabolism.For this purpose,physical mixtures(PM),solid dispersions(SD) and lyophilized dispersions(LD) with different drug-polymer ratios(1:0.5,1:1,1:2,1:4 and 1:9) were prepared using the hydrophilic polymer polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP).Drug-polymer dispersions were characterized using X-ray diffraction(XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR).Solubility was measured in three solvents:de-ionized water,phosphate buffered saline(PBS) and methanol.The toluene-water partition coefficient was evaluated and compared with the literature and calculated logP values.In vitro diffusion of ART was studied across a polydimethylsiloxane membrane from a saturated solution of drug-polymer dispersions.XRD patterns showed a gradual decrease in crystallinity of ART with increasing polymer concentration,while FTIR confirmed no interactions between ART and PVP.Solubility was increased up to 4-,5-and 8-fold for LD in water,PBS and methanol,respectively.The logP for toluene-water was 2.65 ± 0.3,which is in good agreement with literature and calculated logP values.Permeation was enhanced,which is attributed to the decrease in crystallinity and increase in wettability of the drug.The ART flux was significantly higher than that of pure ART(0.12 ± 0.01) with increasing PVP concentration for SD and LD formulations.In conclusion,drug-polymer dispersions with PVP improve the pharmaceutical properties of ART in the order LD>SD>PM.     

Behavior of Liquid-Liquid Dispersions in a Stirred Vessel——Part 2: Phase Inversion Delay Time

IntroductionThe phenomenon of one phase changing from thedispersed phase to the continuous phase is knownas phase inversion.The inversion point is definedas the dispersed phase volume fraction above whichthis phase will become the continuous phase.Ingeneral,the inversion point will change withenergy input to the system and is not predictablefrom the physical properties of each of the phasespresent.The process of phase inversion sometimesneeds a finite time to change from one dispersiontype to …     

一种POSS掺杂改性聚氨酯水性分散体乳液的制备和性能研究

本文采用化学方法制备了一种多面体低聚倍半硅氧烷（POSS）掺杂改性的聚氨酯水性分散体乳液,并采用投射电镜、扫描电镜、粒径分析、热失重、紫外-可见光吸收和涂膜力学性能等测试手段对该POSS掺杂聚氨酯分散体及其涂膜的微观结构、热、光和力学等性能进行表征和研究。实验结果表明,该乳液具有良好的室温贮存稳定性能（>3月）,POSS与水性聚氨酯分散体具有良好的相容性和协同增强效应。POSS的掺杂改性不仅能够提高聚氨酯涂膜的耐热性能,显著提高水性聚氨酯涂膜的硬度和耐水性,同时该掺杂聚氨酯涂膜还具有优异的抗紫外光能力。