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ArticlePolymers2022

Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films as a Potential Buccal Platform for Drug Delivery.

Bissera Pilicheva, Yordanka Uzunova, Maria Marudova

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bissera PilichevaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15A Vassil Aprilov Blvd, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5737-536X
Yordanka UzunovaResearch Institute, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15A Vassil Aprilov Blvd, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-6423-5998
Maria MarudovaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Physics and Technology, University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", 24 Tzar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5744-9541
Medical University Plovdiv · BGPlovdiv University · BG

Funding

Bulgarian Science Fund KP-06-N 38/3.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The goal of this research was to study the potential of polyelectrolyte multilayers as buccal dosage forms for drug delivery and to investigate how the properties of the drugs impact the overall performance of the delivery system. Multilayer films based on the polyelectrolyte interaction between casein and chitosan were developed using benzydamine, tolfenamic acid and betahistine as model drugs. The samples were characterized for surface pH, moisture content and moisture absorption, swelling behavior and mucoadhesion. Additionally, surface morphology was investigated, as well as the drugs' physical state after incorporation in the multilayer films. The samples proved to be non-irritant (pH was within the physiological range), physically stable (moisture content and moisture absorption below 5%) and mucoadhesive, adsorbing from 60 to 70% mucin. The release behavior corelated to the swelling index profiles of the samples and was strongly dependent on the drug solubility. The developed multilayer films appeared to be an optimum delivery system for sparingly soluble drugs due to the high drug loading achieved.

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benzydaminebetahistinebuccal drug deliverymucoadhesionmultilayer filmspolyelectrolytestolfenamic acid

Identifiers

PMID35215645
PMCPMC8879725
OpenAlexW4213215537

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