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ArticleACS omega2020

Prediction of Drug Loading in the Gelatin Matrix Using Computational Methods.

Rania M Hathout, AbdelKader A Metwally, Timothy J Woodman, John G Hardy

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022
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  12. Peptide-Based Drug Delivery Systems.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Rania M HathoutDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
AbdelKader A MetwallyDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
Timothy J WoodmanDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K.
John G HardyDepartment of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4YB, U.K.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The delivery of drugs is a topic of intense research activity in both academia and industry with potential for positive economic, health, and societal impacts. The selection of the appropriate formulation (carrier and drug) with optimal delivery is a challenge investigated by researchers in academia and industry, in which millions of dollars are invested annually. Experiments involving different carriers and determination of their capacity for drug loading are very time-consuming and therefore expensive; consequently, approaches that employ computational/theoretical chemistry to speed have the potential to make hugely beneficial economic, environmental, and health impacts through savings in costs associated with chemicals (and their safe disposal) and time. Here, we report the use of computational tools (data mining of the available literature, principal component analysis, hierarchical clustering analysis, partial least squares regression, autocovariance calculations, molecular dynamics simulations, and molecular docking) to successfully predict drug loading into model drug delivery systems (gelatin nanospheres). We believe that this methodology has the potential to lead to significant change in drug formulation studies across the world.

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PMID32010828
PMCPMC6990624

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