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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2023

Development of Curcumin and Piperine-Loaded Bio-Active Self-Nanoemulsifying Drugs and Investigation of Their Bioactivity in Zebrafish Embryos and Human Hematological Cancer Cell Lines.

Mohsin Kazi, Muhammad Farooq Khan, Fahd A Nasr, Mohammad Z Ahmed, Ali S Alqahtani, Meser M Ali, Mohammed S Aldughaim

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohsin KaziDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5611-0378
Muhammad Farooq KhanDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Fahd A NasrDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6496-7822
Mohammad Z AhmedDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ali S AlqahtaniDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Meser M AliDepartment of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Mohammed S AldughaimResearch Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh, 11525, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAHenry Ford Health System · USKing Fahd Medical City · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Curcumin (CUR) and piperine (PP) are bioactive compounds with prominent pharmacological activities that have been investigated for the treatment of various diseases. The aim of the present study is to develop Bio-SNEDDS for CUR and PP as a combined delivery system for cancer therapy. Methods: CUR and PP loaded Bio-SNEDDSs with varying compositions of bioactive lipid oils, surfactants, and cosolvents were prepared at room temperature. Bio-SNEDDSs were characterized using a Zetasizer Nano particle size analyzer and further examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for morphology. The in vivo toxicity of the preparations of Bio-SNEDDS was investigated in wild-type zebrafish embryos and cytotoxicity in THP-1 (human leukemia monocytic cells), Jurkat (human T lymphocyte cells) and HUVEC (non-cancerous normal) cells. Results: Bio-SNEDDSs were successfully developed with black seed oil, Imwitor 988, Transcutol P and Cremophor RH40 at a ratio of 20/20/10/50 (%w/w). The droplet size, polydispersity index and zeta potential of the optimized Bio-SNEDDS were found to be 42.13 nm, 0.59, and -19.30 mV, respectively. Bio-SNEDDS showed a spherical structure evident by TEM analysis. The results showed that Bio-SNEDDS did not induce toxicity in zebrafish embryos at concentrations between 0.40 and 30.00 μg/mL. In TG (fli1: EGFP) embryos treated with Bio-SNEDDS, there was no change in the blood vessel structure. The O-dianisidine staining of Bio-SNEDDS treated embryos at 48 h post-fertilization also showed a significant reduction in the number of blood cells compared to mock (DMSO 0.1% V/V) treated embryos. Bio-SNEDDS induced significant levels of cytotoxicity in the hematological cell lines THP-1 and Jurkat, while low toxicity in normal HUVEC cell lines was observed with IC50 values of 18.63±0.23 μg/mL, 26.03 ± 1.5 μg/mL and 17.52 ± 0.22 μg/mL, respectively. Conclusion: Bio-SNEDDS exhibited enhanced anticancer activity and could thus be an important new pharmaceutical formulation to treat leukemia.

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CurcuminHematologic NeoplasmsLeukemiaNanoparticlesAdministration, OralAlkaloidsAnimalsBenzodioxolesBiological AvailabilityDrug Delivery SystemsEmulsionsHumansPharmaceutical PreparationsPiperidinesPolyunsaturated AlkamidesSolubilityAlkaloidsBenzodioxolesCurcuminEmulsionsPharmaceutical PreparationsPiperidinespiperinePolyunsaturated AlkamidesSurface-Active Agentsbioactive self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systemscombination therapycurcuminleukemiapiperine

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PMID37051315
PMCPMC10084868
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