Development of praziquantel-loaded PLGA nanoparticles and evaluation of intestinal permeation by the everted gut Sac model
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2006-09-01
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Mainardes, Rubiana Mara
Chaud, Marco Vinicius
Gremião, Maria Palmira Daflon [UNESP]
Evangelista, Raul Cesar [UNESP]
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Amer Scientific Publishers
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Praziquantel has been shown to be highly effective against all known species of Schistosoma infecting humans. Spherical nanoparticles made of poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) acid with controlled size were designed as drug carriers. Praziquantel, a hydrophobic drug, was entrapped into the polymeric nanoparticles with 30% (w/w) of theoretical loading. The nanoparticles size was approximately of 350 nm with 66% of encapsulation efficiency. The everted gut sac model shows to be efficient to evaluate the drug permeation through the intestinal membrane. The results show that free praziquantel presents 4-fold times more permeation than praziquantel-loaded PLGA nanoparticles and physical mixture. For this drug, in special, this result can be interesting, since the nanoparticulate system can behave as a drug reservoir and/or to have a more localized effect in intestinal membrane for a prolonged period of time, since great amounts of parasites can be usually found in the mesenteric veins.
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nanoparticles, PLGA, praziquantel, intestinal absorption
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Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Stevenson Ranch: Amer Scientific Publishers, v. 6, n. 9-10, p. 3057-3061, 2006.