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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Development of a Novel Red Clay-Based Drug Delivery Carrier to Improve the Therapeutic Efficacy of Acyclovir in the Treatment of Skin Cancer.

Arul Prakash Francis, Aftab Ahmad, Sri Durga Devi Nagarajan, Harish Sundar Yogeeswarakannan, Krishnaraj Sekar, Shah Alam Khan, Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan Meenakshi, Asif Husain, Mohammed A Bazuhair, Nandakumar Selvasudha

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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 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Arul Prakash FrancisCentre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics (COMMAND), Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical & Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1357-6466
Aftab AhmadHealth Information Technology Department, The Applied College, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8268-3412
Sri Durga Devi NagarajanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0341-6004
Harish Sundar YogeeswarakannanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India.
Krishnaraj SekarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India.
Shah Alam KhanCentre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics (COMMAND), Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical & Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0729-3403
Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan MeenakshiCentre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics (COMMAND), Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical & Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2689-4079
Asif HusainDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110062, India.
Mohammed A BazuhairDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3784-2346
Nandakumar SelvasudhaDepartment of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
Anna University, Chennai · INSaveetha University · INKing Abdulaziz University · SAJamia Hamdard · INPondicherry University · IN

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University KEP-25-166-42King Abdulaziz University KEP-25-166-42
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acyclovir (ACV) is a promising candidate for drug repurposing because of its potential to provide an effective treatment for viral infections and non-viral diseases, such as cancer, for which limited treatment options exist. However, its poor physicochemical properties limit its application. This study aimed to formulate and evaluate an ACV-loaded red clay nanodrug delivery system exhibiting an effective cytotoxicity. The study focused on the preparation of a complex between ACV and red clay (RC) using sucrose stearate (SS) (nanocomplex F1) as an immediate-release drug-delivery system for melanoma treatment. The synthesized nanocomplex, which had nanosized dimensions, a negative zeta potential and the drug release of approximately 85% after 3 h, was found to be promising. Characterization techniques, including FT-IR, XRD and DSC-TGA, confirmed the effective encapsulation of ACV within the nanocomplex and its stability due to intercalation. Cytotoxicity experiments conducted on melanoma cancer cell lines SK-MEL-3 revealed that the ACV release from the nanocomplex formulation F1 effectively inhibited the growth of melanoma cancer cells, with an IC

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acyclovircytotoxicitydrug releasein silicored clay

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PMID37514105
PMCPMC10383537
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