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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Miconazole Nitrate Microparticles in Lidocaine Loaded Films as a Treatment for Oropharyngeal Candidiasis.

Guillermo Tejada, Natalia L Calvo, Mauro Morri, Maximiliano Sortino, Celina Lamas, Vera A Álvarez, Darío Leonardi

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guillermo TejadaGrupo Materiales Compuestos Termoplásticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales, Av. Colón 10850, Mar Del Plata 7600, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-4457-9099
Natalia L CalvoInstituto de Química Rosario, Suipacha 570, Rosario 2000, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-1099-3686
Mauro MorriPlanta Piloto de Producción de Medicamentos, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 570, Rosario 2000, Argentina.
Maximiliano SortinoCentro de Referencia de Micología, Área Farmacognosia, Departamento Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 570, Rosario 2000, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-4271-1690
Celina LamasInstituto de Química Rosario, Suipacha 570, Rosario 2000, Argentina.
Vera A ÁlvarezGrupo Materiales Compuestos Termoplásticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales, Av. Colón 10850, Mar Del Plata 7600, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-4909-4592
Darío LeonardiInstituto de Química Rosario, Suipacha 570, Rosario 2000, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-2292-3570
National University of Rosario · ARInstituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral candidiasis is an opportunistic infection that affects mainly individuals with weakened immune system. Devices used in the oral area to treat this condition include buccal films, which present advantages over both oral tablets and gels. Since candidiasis causes pain, burning, and itching, the purpose of this work was to develop buccal films loaded with both lidocaine (anesthetic) and miconazole nitrate (MN, antifungal) to treat this pathology topically. MN was loaded in microparticles based on different natural polymers, and then, these microparticles were loaded in hydroxypropyl methylcellulose-gelatin-based films containing lidocaine. All developed films showed adequate adhesiveness and thickness. DSC and XRD tests suggested that the drugs were in an amorphous state in the therapeutic systems. Microparticles based on chitosan-alginate showed the highest MN encapsulation. Among the films, those containing the mentioned microparticles presented the highest tensile strength and the lowest elongation at break, possibly due to the strong interactions between both polymers. These films allowed a fast release of lidocaine and a controlled release of MN. Due to the latter, these systems showed antifungal activity for 24 h. Therefore, the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis with these films could reduce the number of daily applications with respect to conventional treatments.

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lidocainemiconazole nitrateoropharyngeal candidiasispolymeric filmspolymeric microparticles

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PMID37176470
PMCPMC10180309
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