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ArticlePolymers2021

Lyophilized Composite Loaded with Meloxicam-Peppermint oil Nanoemulsion for Periodontal Pain.

Amal M Sindi, Khaled M Hosny, Waleed S Alharbi

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amal M SindiDepartment of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5286-1756
Khaled M HosnyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Waleed S AlharbiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7727-6126
King Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah G:105-165-1441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maintaining oral health helps to prevent periodontal inflammation and pain, which can progress into more detrimental issues if left untreated. Meloxicam (MX) is a commonly used analgesic for periodontal pain, but it can have adverse gastrointestinal effects and poor solubility. Therefore, this study aimed to enhance the solubility of MX by developing a self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS). Considering the anti-ulcer activity of peppermint oil (PO), it was added in a mixture with medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) to the MX-loaded SNEDDS formulation (MX-PO-SNEDDS). After optimization, MX-PO-SNEDDS exhibited a PO:MCT ratio of 1.78:1, surfactant mixture HLB value of 14, and MX:oil mix ratio of 1:15, a particle size of 47 ± 3 nm, stability index of 85 ± 4%, ex vivo J

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lyophilized tabletmeloxicamself-nano emulsifying

Identifiers

PMID34301073
PMCPMC8309367
OpenAlexW3180043334

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