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ArticleDrug development and industrial pharmacy2015

Trans-ungual delivery of itraconazole hydrochloride by iontophoresis.

Avadhesh Kushwaha, Melissa Jacob, H N Shiva Kumar, Shobharani Hiremath, Sacchidanand Aradhya, Michael A Repka, S Narasimha Murthy

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Article in Drug development and industrial pharmacy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Susceptibility and resistance of Sporothrix brasiliensis to branded and compounded itraconazole formulations.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Avadhesh KushwahaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, The University of Mississippi, University , MS , USA .
Melissa Jacob
H N Shiva Kumar
Shobharani Hiremath
Sacchidanand Aradhya
Michael A Repka
S Narasimha Murthy
University of Mississippi · USBangalore Medical College and Research Institute · IN

Funding

NEW DRUGS FOR OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASESR01AI027094 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · PI CLARK, ALICE M. · 1989 to 2013
$4.4M
NIAID NIH HHS AI 27094NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI027094
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Itraconazole (ITR) is a potent antifungal drug. However, poor aqueous solubility limits its permeation ability across the human nail plate. Therefore, in this project, ITR was converted to hydrochloride salt (ITR-HCl) to improve its solubility and to render it amenable to iontophoresis. ITR-HCl was characterized by spectroscopic methods and antifungal efficacy was evaluated in comparison to the base. In vitro and ex vivo transport studies (passive and iontophoresis) were carried out across the porcine hoof membrane and excised human cadaver toe using two different protocols; continuous delivery of drug for 24 h and pulsed delivery of drug for 3 days (8 h/day). The antifungal efficacy of ITR-HCL was comparable to ITR. Iontophoresis was found to be more effective than passive mode of delivery of ITR-HCL. In both iontophoresis as well as passive mode of delivery, the pulsed protocol resulted in more ungual and trans-ungual delivery of drug than continuous protocol. ITR-HCL could be delivered into and across the nail plate by iontophoresis. Human cadaver toe appears to be a good model to investigate the ungual delivery of drugs.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsIontophoresisAnimalsAntifungal AgentsCadaverFungiHoof and ClawHumansItraconazoleNailsPermeabilitySaltsSolubilitySwineAntifungal AgentsItraconazoleSaltsCadaver toeiontophoresisitraconazoleitraconazole hydrochlorideporcine hoof membrane

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PMID25482587
PMCPMC5599707
OpenAlexW2145007301

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