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ArticleNanoscale advances2024

Uzma Farooq, Mohd Aamir Mirza, Abdullah Alshetaili, Sradhanjali Mohapatra, Pooja Jain, Nazia Hassan, Zeenat Iqbal, Asgar Ali

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Article in Nanoscale advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Uzma FarooqDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 India aali@jamiahamdard.ac.in zeenatiqbal@jamiahamdard.ac.in +91-9899571726 +91-9811733016.
Mohd Aamir MirzaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 India aali@jamiahamdard.ac.in zeenatiqbal@jamiahamdard.ac.in +91-9899571726 +91-9811733016.
Abdullah AlshetailiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Alkharj Saudi Arabia.
Sradhanjali MohapatraDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 India aali@jamiahamdard.ac.in zeenatiqbal@jamiahamdard.ac.in +91-9899571726 +91-9811733016.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2124-8537
Pooja JainDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 India aali@jamiahamdard.ac.in zeenatiqbal@jamiahamdard.ac.in +91-9899571726 +91-9811733016.
Nazia HassanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 India aali@jamiahamdard.ac.in zeenatiqbal@jamiahamdard.ac.in +91-9899571726 +91-9811733016.
Zeenat IqbalDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 India aali@jamiahamdard.ac.in zeenatiqbal@jamiahamdard.ac.in +91-9899571726 +91-9811733016.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-6436
Asgar AliDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard New Delhi 110062 India aali@jamiahamdard.ac.in zeenatiqbal@jamiahamdard.ac.in +91-9899571726 +91-9811733016.
Jamia Hamdard · INPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a multi-factorial endocrine disorder affecting women of reproductive age. However, its high prevalence and the unsuccessful translation of conventional modalities have made PCOS a pharmaco-therapeutic challenge. In the present study, we explored bi-formulations (comprising metformin-loaded mucus-penetrating nanoparticles, MTF-MPPs, and myoinositol-loaded mucus-penetrating particles, MI-MPPs) incorporated in a carbomer gel tailored for intravaginal administration. For the development and optimization of the MPPs-gel, a QbD (quality by design) approach was employed, including the initial and final risk assessment, central composite design of experts, and method validation. The optimized MTF-MPPs and MI-MPPs possessed an optimum nanometric particle size (195.0 nm and 178.8 nm, respectively) and a PDI of 0.150 and 0.123, respectively, together with a negligible negative zeta potential (-5.19 mV and -6.19 mV, respectively) through the vaginal mucus. It was observed that the MPPs are small and monodisperse with a neutral surface charge. It was observed that the MPPs-gel formulations released approximately 69.86 ± 4.65% of MTF and 67.14 ± 5.74% of MI within 120 h (5 days), which was observed to be sustained unlike MFT-MI-gel with approximately 94.89 ± 4.17% of MTF and 90.91 ± 15% of MI drugs released within 12 h. The confocal microscopy study of rhodamine-loaded MPPs indicated that they possessed a high fluorescence intensity at a depth of 15 μm, while as the penetration trajectory in the vaginal tissue increased to 35 μm, their intensity was reduced, appearing to be more prominent in the blood vessels. The analyzed data of MPPs-gel suggest that the optimized MPPs-gel formulation has potential to reach the targeted area

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PMID38235090
PMCPMC10791119
OpenAlexW4390531907

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