Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39598422›Full record

ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Innovative Epicardial Bigels Containing Amiodarone Hydrochloride: Pharmacotechnical and Analytical Characterization.

Cezara Pintea, Robert-Alexandru Vlad, Paula Antonoaea, Emőke Margit Rédai, Magdalena Bîrsan, Enikő-Csilla Barabás, Andrei Manea, Iulia Alexandra Pușcaș, Adriana Ciurba

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

9 authors.

Cezara PinteaPharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.
Robert-Alexandru VladPharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7751-2766
Paula AntonoaeaPharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.
Emőke Margit RédaiPharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.
Magdalena BîrsanMedicine and Pharmacy Doctoral School, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0749-8545
Enikő-Csilla BarabásDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Mures, County Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania.
Andrei ManeaMedicine and Pharmacy Doctoral School, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0009-0002-0922-8565
Iulia Alexandra PușcașMedicine and Pharmacy Doctoral School, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.
Adriana CiurbaPharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesThe search for novel ways of providing treatment also targets the development of formulations used in drug delivery. Among the important characteristics of pharmaceutical gels are their ability to penetrate membranes, their capability to offer rapid response, and their capacity to avoid the hepatic metabolization route followed by many drugs. Bigels combine the advantages of both hydrogels and oleogels, creating a biphasic system that might improve the solubility of amiodarone in water, which is otherwise poorly soluble. This study aimed to succeed in formulating stable amiodarone hydrochloride bigels (coded from ABG1-ABG6) destined for atrial application and evaluating them from a pharmacotechnical perspective.

methodsThree of the six initial formulations presented stability and underwent studies of spreadability, rheology, drug content, textural properties, and microbiological activity. A statistical analysis was performed on penetrometry and drug assay data.

resultsThe spreadability varied from 1734.07 mm

conclusionsAll three bigels are suitable for amiodarone incorporation; however, the influence of the type of ingredients chosen on the texture and properties of the formulations was reflected in the data gathered upon evaluation.

Indexed as

amiodarone hydrochloridebigelscontent assaymicrobiological evaluationrheological evaluationtexture analysis

Identifiers

PMID39598422
PMCPMC11597466

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.