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ArticleDrug delivery and translational research2023

Quality by design-based development and optimization of fourth-generation ternary solid dispersion of standardized Piper longum extract for melanoma therapy.

Debadatta Mohapatra, Dulla Naveen Kumar, Singh Shreya, Vivek Pandey, Pawan K Dubey, Ashish Kumar Agrawal, Alakh N Sahu

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Article in Drug delivery and translational research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 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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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Antimelanoma potential of natural compounds derived from plants: a systematic review of in vivo studies of B16 melanoma and its sublines.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2025
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  3. Piperine: From Green Extraction to Clinical Translation-A Review.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Debadatta MohapatraPhytomedicine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3044-8706
Dulla Naveen KumarNanomedicine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2415-7806
Singh ShreyaPhytomedicine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9242-9597
Vivek PandeyCentre for Genetics Disorders, Institute of Science (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1390-133X
Pawan K DubeyCentre for Genetics Disorders, Institute of Science (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1438-3773
Ashish Kumar AgrawalNanomedicine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7302-3647
Alakh N SahuPhytomedicine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India. ansahu.phe@iitbhu.ac.in.ORCID 0000-0002-2378-6179
Indian Institute of Technology BHU · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study aimed to enhance the solubility, dissolution, and oral bioavailability of standardized Piper longum fruits ethanolic extract (PLFEE) via fourth-generation ternary solid dispersion (SD) for melanoma therapy. With the use of solvent evaporation method, the standardized PLFEE was formulated into SD, optimized using Box-Wilson's central composite design (CCD), and evaluated for pharmaceutical performance and in vivo anticancer activity against melanoma (B16F10)-bearing C57BL/6 mice. The optimized SD showed good accelerated stability, high yield, drug content, and content uniformity for bioactive marker piperine (PIP). The X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized light microscopy (PLM), and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) analysis revealed its amorphous nature. The attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) revealed the compatibility of excipients with the PLFEE. The contact angle measurement and in vitro dissolution study revealed excellent wetting of SD and improved dissolution profile as compared to the plain PLFEE. The in vivo oral bioavailability of SD reflected a significant (p < 0.05) improvement in bioavailability (F

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MelanomaAnimalsBiological AvailabilityCalorimetry, Differential ScanningDacarbazineMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSolubilitySpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredX-Ray DiffractionDacarbazineBioavailabilityDissolutionMelanomaOptimizationPiper longumSolid dispersion

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