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ArticleScientific reports2017

A PLGA-reinforced PEG in situ gel formulation for improved sustainability of hypoglycaemic activity of glimepiride in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Osama A A Ahmed, Khalid M El-Say, Abdulrahman M Alahdal

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Osama A A AhmedDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. oaahmed@kau.edu.sa.ORCID 0000-0002-3204-381X
Khalid M El-SayDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman M AlahdalDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glimepiride (GMD) is a third-generation sulfonylurea derivative and one of the top three most-prescribed oral antidiabetic drugs. The need for a depot formulation exists, and a safe and effective antidiabetic therapy is the goal of this study. The aims were to design a depot in situ gel (ISG) formulation and investigate the main factors that control the initial burst and sustain the GMD effect using the Box-Behnken design. The studied factors were polymer percent (X

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Drug CompoundingPolyestersPolyethylene GlycolsAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsDrug LiberationHypoglycemic AgentsModels, TheoreticalPolymersRatsSulfonylurea CompoundsDrug CarriersglimepirideHypoglycemic AgentsPolyesterspolyethylene glycol-poly(lactide-co-glycolide)Polyethylene GlycolsPolymersSulfonylurea Compounds

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PMID29180715
PMCPMC5703987

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