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ArticleBMC pharmacology & toxicology2024

Sustained release delivery of favipiravir through statistically optimized, chemically cross-linked, pH-sensitive, swellable hydrogel.

Arooj Khan, Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Ahsan Waqar, Asif Mahmood, Talal Shaheer, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Kanwal Shahzadi, Azmat Ali Khan, Amer M Alanazi, Milton Kumar Kundu and 3 more

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Article in BMC pharmacology & toxicology, 2024. 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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13 authors at 8 institutions in 7 countries.

Arooj KhanFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad ZamanFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. m.zaman2157@gmail.com.
Muhammad Ahsan WaqarDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Asif MahmoodDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Chakwal, Chakwal, Pakistan.
Talal ShaheerFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Rai Muhammad SarfrazCollege of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Kanwal ShahzadiFaculty of Pharmacy, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Azmat Ali KhanPharmaceutical Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Amer M AlanaziPharmaceutical Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Milton Kumar KunduPharmacy Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, 9208, Bangladesh.
Md Rabiul IslamDepartment of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37209, USA.
Athanasios AlexiouUniversity Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Chandigarh-Ludhiana Highway, Mohali, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2206-7236
Marios PapadakisDepartment of Surgery II, University Hospital Witten-Herdecke, University of Witten-Herdecke, Heusnerstrasse 40, 42283, Wuppertal, Germany. drmariospapadakis@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9020-874X
University of Central Punjab · PKChandigarh University · INKhulna University · BDKing Saud University · SATennessee State University · USUniversity of Lahore · PKUniversity of Sargodha · PKWitten/Herdecke University · DE

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King Saud University RSP2024R339
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the current work, favipiravir (an antiviral drug) loaded pH-responsive polymeric hydrogels were developed by the free redical polymerization technique. Box-Behnken design method via Design Expert version 11 was employed to furnish the composition of all hydrogel formulations. Here, polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been utilized as a polymer, acrylic acid (AA) as a monomer, and potassium persulfate (KPS) and methylene-bisacrylamide (MBA) as initiator and cross-linker, respectively. All networks were evaluated for in-vitro drug release (%), sol-gel fraction (%), swelling studies (%), porosity (%), percentage entrapment efficiency, and chemical compatibilities. According to findings, the swelling was pH sensitive and was shown to be greatest at a pH of 6.8 (2500%). The optimum gel fraction offered was 97.8%. A sufficient porosity allows the hydrogel to load a substantial amount of favipiravir despite its hydrophobic behavior. Hydrogels exhibited maximum entrapment efficiency of favipiravir upto 98%. The in-vitro release studies of drug-formulated hydrogel revealed that the drug release from hydrogel was between 85 to 110% within 24 h. Drug-release kinetic results showed that the Korsmeyer Peppas model was followed by most of the developed formulations based on the R

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AmidesAntiviral AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug LiberationHydrogelsPyrazinesCross-Linking ReagentsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationPolyethylene GlycolsAmidesAntiviral AgentsCross-Linking ReagentsDelayed-Action PreparationsfavipiravirHydrogelsPolyethylene GlycolsPyrazinesBox-Behnken designFavipiravirHydrogelPolyethylene glycolSustained release

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