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Feb.  2019
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Abid Mehmood Yousaf, Usman Rashid Malik, Yasser Shahzad, Tariq Mahmood, Talib Hussain. Silymarin-laden PVP-PEG polymeric composite for enhanced aqueous solubility and dissolution rate: Preparation and in vitro characterization[J]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2019, 9(1): 34-39.
Citation: Abid Mehmood Yousaf, Usman Rashid Malik, Yasser Shahzad, Tariq Mahmood, Talib Hussain. Silymarin-laden PVP-PEG polymeric composite for enhanced aqueous solubility and dissolution rate: Preparation and in vitro characterization[J]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2019, 9(1): 34-39.

Silymarin-laden PVP-PEG polymeric composite for enhanced aqueous solubility and dissolution rate: Preparation and in vitro characterization

  • Publish Date: Feb. 10, 2019
  • The aim of this work was to develop, optimize and characterize a silymarin-laden polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymeric composite to resolve low aqueous solubility and dissolution rate problem of the drug. A number of silymarin-laden polymeric formulations were fabricated with different quantities of PVP K-30 and PEG 6000 by the solvent-evaporation method. The effect of PVP K-30 and PEG 6000 on the aqueous solubility and dissolution rate was investigated. The optimized formula-tion and its constituents were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques. Both the PEG 6000 and PVP K-30 positively affected the aqueous solubility and dis-solution rate of the drug. In particular, a formulation consisting of silymarin, PVP K-30 and PEG 6000 (0.25/1.5/1.5, w/w/w) furnished the highest solubility (24.3972.95 mg/mL) and an excellent dissolution profile (~100% in 40 min). The solubility enhancement with this formulation was ~1150-fold as com-pared to plain silymarin powder. Moreover, all the constituents existed in the amorphous state in this silymarin-laden PVP-PEG polymeric composite. Accordingly, this formulation might be a promising tool to administer silymarin with an enhanced effect via the oral route.
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