Suitability of polymer materials for production of pulmonary microparticles using a PGSS supercritical fluid technique: thermodynamic behaviour of fatty acids, PEGs and PEG-fatty acids.
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Rapeseed lecithin hydroxylation by chlorine replacing with hydroxyl groups in chlorinated phospholipids.
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Rapeseed lecithin ethanol soluble fraction (LESF) was hydroxylated with 30% hydrogen peroxide in the presence of acetic acid. The product was compared to the one obtained by method based on nucleophilic substitution reaction of phospholipids chlorine derivatives. In this approach, hydrogen chloride was added to double bonds in unsaturated acyl groups of phospholipids. Next, chlorine was replaced with hydroxyl groups via the alkaline hydrolysis of chlorine derivatives. The surface active properties of the products obtained with the usage of two methods of rapeseed LESF hydroxylation were determined. The minimal surface tension (eta(min), mN/m) and the critical micelle concentration (CMC, g/L) of LESF hydroxylated with hydrogen peroxide (20.2 mN/m, 6.0 g/L) and obtained by chlorine replacing with hydroxyl groups in chlorinated phospholipids (25.0 mN/m, 9.8 g/L) were compared to LESF (31.8 mN/m, 17.8 g/L). Hydroxylated LESF obtained by lecithin chlorination and chlorine replacing with hydroxyl groups in the chlorine derivatives has no peroxides and the good surface active properties. The product as an effective emulsifier can be used in pharmacy and cosmetics. (+info)
Enhanced absorption of boswellic acids by a lecithin delivery form (Phytosome((R))) of Boswellia extract.
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Pluronic(R) F-127 and Pluronic Lecithin Organogel (PLO): main features and their applications in topical and transdermal administration of drugs.
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Topical drug treatment aims at providing high concentrations of drugs at the site of application so as to avoid adverse systemic effects associated with oral administration. Smart polymers, or stimuli-responsive polymers, are able to respond to a stimulus by showing physical or chemical changes in their behaviour as, for example, the delivery of the drug carried by them. The thermo-responsive nature of Pluronic(R) F-127 (Basf, Ludwigshafen, Germany) makes it an excellent candidate for the delivery of drugs at various application sites. In recent years, PF-127, and later, Pluronic lecithin organogels (PLO), have attracted particular interest in the design of dermal and transdermal delivery systems with a view to promoting, improving or retarding drug permeation through the skin, bearing in mind that for topical delivery systems, accumulation in the skin with minimal permeation is desired, while for systemic delivery, the opposite behaviour is preferred. In this review, we discuss the properties and characteristics of PF-127 and Pluronic lecithin organogels (PLO), and present many examples and advantages of the application of these polymeric systems in topical and transdermal administration of drugs. This article is open to POST-PUBLICATION REVIEW. Registered readers (see "For Readers") may comment by clicking on ABSTRACT on the issue's contents page. (+info)
Locating a lipid at the portal to the lipoxygenase active site.
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