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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Chitosan-Coated SLN: A Potential System for Ocular Delivery of Metronidazole.

Simise S Sikhondze, Pedzisai A Makoni, Roderick B Walker, Sandile M M Khamanga

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 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
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simise S SikhondzeDivision of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6703-9442
Pedzisai A MakoniDivision of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8475-447X
Roderick B WalkerDivision of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2781-4154
Sandile M M KhamangaDivision of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2374-8460
Rhodes University · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation 129478
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ophthalmic drops for ocular delivery exhibit inadequate residence time, which often requires multiple daily dosing that may result in patient non-adherence. In this study, the development of a once-daily-dosed chitosan-coated metronidazole (MTZ)-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) for ocular delivery was undertaken. Melt emulsification and ultrasonication were used to manufacture MTZ-loaded SLN, which were subsequently coated with chitosan (CS) by mechanical stirring using a 0.1%

Indexed as

chitosancontrolled releasemetronidazolemucoadhesionSLNsolid lipid nanoparticlestargeted drug delivery

Identifiers

PMID37514041
PMCPMC10383454
OpenAlexW4382752105

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