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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Oral Bioavailability Enhancement of Raloxifene with Nanostructured Lipid Carriers.

Aditya Murthy, Punna Rao Ravi, Himanshu Kathuria, Shrinivas Malekar

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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4 authors.

Aditya MurthyDifferentiated Formulations, Strides Pharma Science Ltd., R & D Centre, J.P. Nagar 2nd Phase, Bangalore 560083, Karnataka, India.
Punna Rao RaviDepartment of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500078, Telangana, India.
Himanshu KathuriaDepartment of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500078, Telangana, India.
Shrinivas MalekarDepartment of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500078, Telangana, India.

Funding

University Grants Commission Ref No. 39-176/2010 (SR)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Raloxifene hydrochloride (RLX) shows poor bioavailability (<2%), high inter-patient variability and extensive gut metabolism (>90%). The objective of this study was to develop nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) for RLX to enhance its bioavailability. The NLC formulations were produced with glyceryl tribehenate and oleic acid. The particle characteristics, entrapment efficiency (EE), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), in vitro drug release, oral bioavailability (in rats) and stability studies were performed. The optimized nanoparticles were 120 ± 3 nm in size with positive zeta potential (14.4 ± 0.5 mV); % EE was over 90% with the drug loading of 5%. The RLX exists in an amorphous form in the lipid matrix. The optimized RLX-NLC formulation showed sustained release in vitro. The RLX-NLC significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced oral bioavailability 3.19-fold as compared to RLX-free suspension in female Wistar rats. The RLX-NLC can potentially enhance the oral bioavailability of RLX. It can also improve the storage stability.

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bioavailabilityglyceryl behenatenanostructured lipid carriersosteoporosisraloxifenesolid lipid nanoparticle

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PMID32486508
PMCPMC7353254

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