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ArticlePharmaceutical research2015

Dual Drug Delivery Using Lactic Acid Conjugated SLN for Effective Management of Neurocysticercosis.

Rekha Devi, Ankit Jain, Pooja Hurkat, Sanjay K Jain

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Ferulic Acid-NLC withNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  6. Pediatric Neurocysticercosis.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2019
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  7. Pediatric neurocysticercosis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018
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  8. Pediatric neurocysticercosis: current challenges and future prospects.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2016
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rekha DeviPharmaceutics Research Projects Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, (M.P.), 470 003, India.
Ankit JainPharmaceutics Research Projects Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, (M.P.), 470 003, India.
Pooja HurkatPharmaceutics Research Projects Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, (M.P.), 470 003, India.
Sanjay K JainPharmaceutics Research Projects Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, (M.P.), 470 003, India. drskjainin@yahoo.com.
Dr. Hari Singh Gour University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe debut study was aimed to develop Lactic acid (LA)-conjugated solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN-LA) bearing albendazole (ALB) and prednisolone (PRD) for effective management of neurocysticercosis (NCC).

methodsLA was coupled to SLN by post-insertion technique. SLNs were characterized for particle size and size distribution, shape, and percent drug entrapment efficiency. In vitro drug release kinetics, fluorescence study and in vitro transendothelial transport, hematological studies and pharmacokinetic studies were carried out to predict the fullest drug delivery potential.

resultsSpherical SLNs (~100 nm) with good drug entrapments (~64 and ~78% for ALB and PRD, respectively) showed in vitro initial fast release (i.e., 20-40% drugs release in 4 h) followed by sustained release for more than 48 h. Fluorescence study and in vitro transendothelial transport depicted selective brain uptake of SLN-LA compared to SLN attributed to carrier mediated transport via monocarboxylic acid transporters (MCT - 1/2/3). Pharmacokinetic parameters such as AUC0-t and AUMC0-t and Cllast showed good drugs withholding capacity of SLNs. Organ distribution studies reflected high accumulation of drugs (ALB, 7.6 ± 0.31%; PRD, 5.21 ± 0.24%) in the brain after 24 h in case of SLN-LA as compared to plain drugs solution. SLN-LA in hematological studies revealed insignificant toxicity to blood cells.

conclusionsThe overall study paved the potential advances in brain targeting with synergistic acting drugs for effective management of NCC.

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AnimalsDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsHumansKineticsLactic AcidLipidsNanoparticlesNeurocysticercosisParticle SizeRatsRats, WistarSolubilityDrug CarriersLactic AcidLipidsalbendazolelactic acidneurocysticercosisprednisolonesolid lipid nanoparticles

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