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ArticleNutrients2023

Safety of Innovative Nanotechnology Oral Formulations Loaded with Bioactive Menopause Molecules: Influence of Genotoxicity and Biochemical Parameters on a Menopausal Rat Model.

Simona Crișan, Anca Lucia Pop, Ioana Lacatusu, Nicoleta Badea, Cosmin Mustaciosu, Mihai Radu, Valentin Nicolae Varlas, Ovidiu Nicolae Peneş, Anne Marie Ciobanu, Manuela Ghica and 2 more

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Simona CrișanFaculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania.
Anca Lucia PopFaculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania.
Ioana LacatusuFaculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, The Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Polizu No 1, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Nicoleta BadeaFaculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, The Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Polizu No 1, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Cosmin MustaciosuHoria Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering IFIN-HH, 077125 Bucharest, Romania.
Mihai RaduHoria Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering IFIN-HH, 077125 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1128-8153
Valentin Nicolae VarlasFaculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8342-9819
Ovidiu Nicolae PeneşFaculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8123-0761
Anne Marie CiobanuFaculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania.
Manuela GhicaFaculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania.
Sorina Nicoleta VoicuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 030018 Bucharest, Romania.
Denisa Ioana UdeanuFaculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5266-2530
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROUniversity of Bucharest · ROHoria Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering · RO

Funding

European Union 120906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, nanoparticles have gained significant importance due to their unique properties, such as pharmacological, electrical, optical, and magnetic abilities, contributing to the growth of the science and technology sector. Particular naturally derived biomolecules with beneficial effects on menopause disorder have been the subject of studies of pharmaceutical formulation to obtain alternative pharmaceutical forms with increased bioavailability and without side effects, as in nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) loaded with such active ingredients. In the present study, one stage of a broader project, we have performed pharmacotoxicology studies for six combinatory innovative nanocapsule pharmaceutical forms containing active natural biomolecules before considering them as oral formulas for (1) in vitro toxicity studies on culture cells and (2) in vivo preclinical studies on a surgically induced menopause model of Wistar female rats, and the influence of the NLCs on key biochemical parameters: lipid profile (TG, Chol, HDL), glycemic markers (Gli), bone markers (Pac, Palc, Ca, phosphorus), renal markers (Crea, urea, URAC), inflammation (TNF), oxidative stress (GSH, MDA), and estrogen-progesterone hormonal profile. The micronucleus test did not reveal the genotoxicity of the tested compounds; the menopause model showed no significant safety concerns for the six tested formulas evaluated using the blood biochemical parameters; and the results showed the potential hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, hypouricemic, and antioxidant potential of one of the tested formulas containing nano diosgenin and glycyrrhizic acid.

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Drug CarriersNanoparticlesAnimalsDrug CompoundingFemaleLipidsMenopauseNanotechnologyParticle SizeRatsRats, WistarDrug CarriersLipidsbiochemical parametersglycyrrhizic acidmenopause disorder treatmentmenopause modelnano diosgeninnano lipid matrixnanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs)nanotoxicologypreclinical studies

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