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ArticleDrug delivery2022

Optimization of mirtazapine loaded into mesoporous silica nanostructures via Box-Behnken design:

Abeer A Musallam, M A Mahdy, Hanan M Elnahas, Reem A Aldeeb

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Article in Drug delivery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abeer A MusallamDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2956-0736
M A MahdyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Hanan M ElnahasDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9148-3276
Reem A AldeebDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-7717-3925
Misr University for Science and Technology · EGZagazig University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Employment of mesoporous silica nanostructures (MSNs) in the drug delivery field has shown a significant potential for improving the oral delivery of active pharmaceutical products with low solubility in water. Mirtazapine (MRT) is a tetracyclic antidepressant with poor water solubility (BCS Class II), which was recently approved as a potent drug used to treat severe depression. The principle of this research is to optimize the incorporation of Mirtazapine into MSNs to improve its aqueous solubility, loading efficiency, release performance, and subsequent bioavailability. The formulation was optimized by using of Box-Behnken Design, which allows simultaneous estimation of the impact of different types of silica (SBA-15, MCM-41, and Aluminate-MCM-41), a different drug to silica ratios (33.33%, 49.99%, and 66.66%), and different drug loading procedures (Incipient wetness, solvent evaporation, and solvent impregnation) on the MRT loading efficiency, aqueous solubility and dissolution rate. The optimized formula was achieved by loading MRT into SBA-15 at 33.33% drug ratio prepared by the incipient wetness method, which displayed a loading efficiency of 104.05%, water solubility of 0.2 mg/ml, and 100% dissolution rate after 30 min. The pharmacokinetic profile of the optimized formula was obtained by conducting the in

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Drug CarriersNanostructuresAnimalsBiological AvailabilityCalorimetry, Differential ScanningMirtazapinePorosityRabbitsSilicon DioxideSolubilitySolventsSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredWaterX-Ray DiffractionDrug CarriersMirtazapineSilicon DioxideSolventsWaterbox-behnken designin-vivo studymesoporous silica nanostructuresMirtazapineoral bioavailability

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