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Verapamil-Loaded Cubosomes for Enhancing Intranasal Drug Delivery: Development, Characterization, Ex Vivo Permeation, and Brain Biodistribution Studies.

Mennatullah M Faisal, Eman Gomaa, Adel Ehab Ibrahim, Sami El Deeb, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Tarek M Ibrahim

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Article in AAPS PharmSciTech, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Mennatullah M FaisalDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Eman GomaaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
Adel Ehab IbrahimNatural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, P.O. Box 33, Nizwa, 616, Sultanate of Oman. adel@unizwa.edu.om.
Sami El DeebInstitute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106, Brunswick, Germany. s.eldeeb@tu-bs.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6417-4737
Ahmed Al-HarrasiNatural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, P.O. Box 33, Nizwa, 616, Sultanate of Oman.
Tarek M IbrahimDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Verapamil hydrochloride (VRP), an antihypertensive calcium channel blocker drug has limited bioavailability and short half-life when taken orally. The present study was aimed at developing cubosomes containing VRP for enhancing its bioavailability and targeting to brain for cluster headache (CH) treatment as an off-label use. Factorial design was conducted to analyze the impact of different components on entrapment efficiency (EE%), particle size (PS), zeta potential (ZP), and percent drug release. Various in-vitro characterizations were performed followed by pharmacokinetic and brain targeting studies. The results revealed the significant impact of glyceryl monooleate (GMO) on increasing EE%, PS, and ZP of cubosomes with a negative influence on VRP release. The remarkable effect of Poloxamer 407 (P407) on decreasing EE%, PS, and ZP of cubosomes was observed besides its influence on accelerating VRP release%. The DSC thermograms indicated the successful entrapment of the amorphous state of VRP inside the cubosomes. The design suggested an optimized formulation containing GMO (50% w/w) and P407 (5.5% w/w). Such formulation showed a significant increase in drug permeation through nasal mucosa with high E

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Administration, IntranasalBrainDrug Delivery SystemsDrug LiberationGlyceridesNasal MucosaParticle SizeVerapamilAnimalsBiological AvailabilityCalcium Channel BlockersChemistry, PharmaceuticalMaleNanoparticlesPoloxamerRatsCalcium Channel BlockersGlyceridesmonooleinPoloxamerVerapamilbrain targeting efficiencycubosomesex vivo permeationfactorial designpharmacokinetic study

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