Mesoporous Silica: for solubility enhancement of challenging compounds
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Neusilin Redefining Silica´s Potential in Solid Oral Dosage Forms
Neusilin
WHAT IS IT?
Neusilin® UFL2 is an ultra fine powder of magnesium aluminometasilicate and is widely accepted as a problem solving excipient for oral solid dosage forms.
Make harder tablets and protect it from humidity by adding 0.5-5% Neusilin® UFL2 to a lactose or mannitol…
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Silica nanoparticles: A review of their safety and current strategies to overcome biological…
Abstract
Silica nanoparticles (SNP) have gained tremendous attention in the recent decades. They have been used in many different biomedical fields including diagnosis, biosensing and drug delivery. Medical uses of SNP for anti-cancer, anti-microbial and theranostic applications are especially…
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Aptamer-modified chitosan-capped Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for co-delivery of cytarabine and…
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In this study, surface modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) were prepared for the targeted delivery of the anticancer agents, daunorubicin (DNR) and cytarabine (CTR), against K562 leukemia cancer cell lines. The MSNs were surface-modified with pH-sensitive chitosan (CS) to…
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Transform Liquid-form Active Ingredient into Powder form with High Performance Liquid Carrier
Introduction
Several major active ingredients for human health, such as vitamin A/D/E/K, DHA/EPA, and natural herbal
extracts are supplied in liquid form. Emulsified powder and microencapsulation were previously known as the
major ways to provide better compatibility with other ingredients, but…
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A coronavirus-mimic mesoporous silica nanosystem enables efficient targeted delivery of siRNA for…
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been a threat to human beings' health. However, there is still a lack of effective specific antiviral drugs for SARS-CoV-2 at present, which calls for the exploitation of new potent and safe therapeutic agents.…
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Recent Progress in Diatom Biosilica: A Natural Nanoporous Silica Material as Sustained Release…
Abstract
A drug delivery system (DDS) is a useful technology that efficiently delivers a target drug to a patient’s specific diseased tissue with minimal side effects. DDS is a convergence of several areas of study, comprising pharmacy, medicine, biotechnology, and chemistry fields. In the…
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Controlled release mechanism of thymol loaded into mesoporous silica nanoparticles for active…
In order to overcome the poor water solubility and instability of thymol to enhance its bioavailability, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs: SBA-15, SBA-16 and MCM-41) with different pore structures were developed using solution-gel method to carry and release thymol. The N2 …
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Investigating the Impact of Co-processed Excipients on the Formulation of Bromhexine Hydrochloride…
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Purpose
Orodispersible tablets (orally disintegrating tablets, ODTs) have been used in pharmacotherapy for over 20 years since they overcome the problems with swallowing solid dosage forms. The successful formula manufactured by direct compression shall ensure acceptable mechanical…
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Investigation of Various Polymers for SLS 3D-Printing of Solid Oral Dosage Forms
Purpose
Selective laser sintering (SLS) is promising for printing oral dosage forms.
Print ranges for commonly used pharmaceutical polymers not yet established for additive manufactured medications.
Evaluate dedicated polymers for pharmaceutical applications.
Objectives…
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The effect of polymeric binder type and concentration on flow and dissolution properties of SMEDDS…
Self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems (SMEDDS) are lipid-based formulations, designed to improve the solubility of poorly-water soluble drugs. Mesoporous silica is frequently used for SMEDDS solidification by various techniques. One of them is wet granulation, which enables achieving both high…
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