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ArticleTherapeutic delivery2025

Development of high-solubility amorphous sulfasalazine: effect of hydrogen bonding.

Sama Hamzehlou, Elaheh Rahimpour, Anahita Fathi Azarbayjani, Abolghasem Jouyban

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Sama HamzehlouStudent Research Committee, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Elaheh RahimpourPharmaceutical Analysis Research Center and Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Anahita Fathi AzarbayjaniDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3502-9802
Abolghasem JouybanPharmaceutical Analysis Research Center and Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

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introductionSulphasalazine (Sulf) is a class IV compound with low aqueous solubility and low permeability which limit its therapeutic activity. This work aims to apply choline chloride (CC) and choline hydroxide (CH) as a hydrogen bond acceptor with Sulf for the production of Sulf salt. MATERIALS AND

methodNew compounds were prepared and characterized by XRD, DSC, and FT-IR. Drug solubility was evaluated in different media including pure water, and buffer pH 1.2, 4.5, and 6.8 were evaluated.

resultsThe diffractogram pattern of the Sulf-CH shows a smooth and low-intensity diffraction which may indicate amorphization of the drug molecule. The FT-IR spectra confirm participation of the carboxyl group of Sulf in the formation of hydrogen bonding between Sulf and CH through salt formation which helps to enhance drug solubility. Solubility of Sulf-CH significantly increased up to 10,000-folds in pure water. Sulf-CC caused up to 2-folds enhancement in drug solubility.

conclusionThe difference in the solubility of Sulf-CC and Sulf-CH may suggest that each of these compounds involve different intermolecular interactions which were also confirmed by FT-IR, XRD, and DSC results. This effect can influence drug bioavailability and enhance its therapeutic efficacy.

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SulfasalazineCalorimetry, Differential ScanningChemistry, PharmaceuticalHydrogen BondingHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationSolubilitySpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredX-Ray DiffractionSulfasalazinecholine chloridecholine hydroxidehydrogen bondingsolubilitySulfasalazine

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