Ameen M. Alwossabi, E. S. Elamin, Elhadi M. M. Ahmed, Eman A. Ismail, A. Ashour, W. Osman, A. E. Sherif, Amira Mira, Rawan Bafail, Yusra Saleh Andijani, Sabrin R. M. Ibrahim, Gamal A. Mohamed, Mohammed Abdelrahman
{"title":"Enhanced Oral Bioavailability and Stability Studies of Loratadine Tablets\u0000Based on Solid Dispersion of Modified Ziziphus spina-christi Gum","authors":"Ameen M. Alwossabi, E. S. Elamin, Elhadi M. M. Ahmed, Eman A. Ismail, A. Ashour, W. Osman, A. E. Sherif, Amira Mira, Rawan Bafail, Yusra Saleh Andijani, Sabrin R. M. Ibrahim, Gamal A. Mohamed, Mohammed Abdelrahman","doi":"10.2174/0126673878288535240530113418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/0126673878288535240530113418","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Solid dispersion is a common technique used for solubility enhancement of\u0000poorly soluble drugs.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In this study, loratadine (LOR), a class II biopharmaceutical classification system (BCS),\u0000was formulated as solid dispersion tablets using modified Ziziphus spina-christi gum (MZG) as a\u0000carrier.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The solvent evaporation method was used for LOR-MZG solid dispersion (SD) preparation.\u0000A variety of tests were conducted to characterize and optimize the formulation. Solubility,\u0000Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), X-Ray Diffraction\u0000(X-RD), and Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of solid dispersions were carried out.\u0000Accelerated stability testing and pharmacokinetic studies of formulated tablets were also performed\u0000using albino Wistar rats.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Solid dispersion improved the solubility of LOR by 51 folds. FTIR spectra excluded drugpolymer\u0000interactions, and results obtained by DSC, X-RD, and SEM proved the transition from the\u0000crystalline to the amorphous state. The stability of LOR-MZG solid dispersion tablets was found to\u0000be better when the Alu-Alu package was used. The pharmacokinetics of LOR-MZG compared to\u0000MZG-free loratadine tablets (LOR pure) and commercial loratadine tablets (LOR-TM) following\u0000oral administration revealed that about 6 folds and 10 folds bioavailability were achieved with\u0000LOR-MZG compared to LOR pure and LOR-TM, respectively.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Such promising results encourage more studies on MZG to be used for improving the\u0000aqueous solubility and bioavailability of a wide range of poorly soluble drugs.\u0000","PeriodicalId":94352,"journal":{"name":"Recent advances in drug delivery and formulation","volume":"22 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141378968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}