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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2017

In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Idebenone Derivative-Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles.

Lucia Montenegro, Maria N Modica, Loredana Salerno, Anna Maria Panico, Lucia Crascì, Giovanni Puglisi, Giuseppe Romeo

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lucia MontenegroDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. lmontene@unict.it.
Maria N ModicaDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. mmodica@unict.it.
Loredana SalernoDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. l.salerno@unict.it.
Anna Maria PanicoDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. panico@unict.it.
Lucia CrascìDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. luciacrasci@alice.it.
Giovanni PuglisiDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. puglisig@unict.it.
Giuseppe RomeoDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. gromeo@unict.it.
University of Catania · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idebenone (IDE) has been proposed for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases involving mitochondria dysfunctions. Unfortunately, to date, IDE therapeutic treatments have not been as successful as expected. To improve IDE efficacy, in this work we describe a two-step approach: (1) synthesis of IDE ester derivatives by covalent linking IDE to other two antioxidants, trolox (IDETRL) and lipoic acid (IDELIP), to obtain a synergic effect; (2) loading of IDE, IDETRL, or IDELIP into solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) to improve IDE and its esters' water solubility while increasing and prolonging their antioxidant activity. IDE and its derivatives loaded SLN showed good physico-chemical and technological properties (spherical shape, mean particle sizes 23-25 nm, single peak in the size distribution, ζ potential values -1.76/-2.89 mV, and good stability at room temperature). In vitro antioxidant activity of these SLN was evaluated in comparison with free drugs by means of oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) test. IDETRL and IDELIP showed a greater antioxidant activity than IDE and encapsulation of IDE and its derivatives into SLN was able to prolong their antioxidant activity. These results suggest that loading IDETRL and IDELIP into SLN could be a useful strategy to improve IDE efficacy.

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AntioxidantsLipidsNanoparticlesParticle SizeThioctic AcidUbiquinoneAntioxidantsidebenoneLipidsThioctic AcidUbiquinoneantioxidant activityidebenoneidebenone ester derivativeslipoic acidORACtrolox

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PMID28555014
PMCPMC6152785
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