Objective:To enhance the pharmaceutical potential and oral bioavailability of quercetin contents of Allium cepa peel extract by novel nanosuspension technology.Methods:Nanoprecipitation approach was successfully used ...Objective:To enhance the pharmaceutical potential and oral bioavailability of quercetin contents of Allium cepa peel extract by novel nanosuspension technology.Methods:Nanoprecipitation approach was successfully used for the formulation of nanosuspension.To obtain pharmaceutical-grade nanosuspension with minimum particle size and polydispersity index,sodium lauryl sulphate was selected as a stabilizer.Important formulation parameters were statistically optimized by the response surface methodology approach.The optimized nanosuspension was subjected to stability and in vitro dissolution testing and characterized by scanning electron microscopy,atomic force microscopy,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,and zeta sizer.To evaluate the preeminence of nanosuspension over coarse suspension,comparative bioavailability studies were carried out in male albino rats.The pharmaceutical potential of developed nanosuspension was evaluated by antioxidant,antimicrobial,and toxicity studies.Results:The optimized nanosuspension showed an average particle size of 275.5 nm with a polydispersity index and zeta potential value of 0.415 and−48.8 mV,respectively.Atomic force microscopy revealed that the average particle size of nanosuspension was below 100 nm.The formulated nanosuspension showed better stability under refrigerated conditions.Nanosuspension showed an improved dissolution rate and a 2.14-fold greater plasma concentration of quercetin than coarse suspension.Moreover,the formulated nanosuspension exhibited enhanced antioxidant and antimicrobial potential and was non-toxic.Conclusions:Optimization of nanosuspension effectively improves the pharmaceutical potential and oral bioavailability of Allium cepa extract.展开更多
Layered double hydroxides, a class of anionic clays possessing sandwich like structure in which negative anions are sandwiched into positively charged metal layers in a repeating manner, have been studied extensively....Layered double hydroxides, a class of anionic clays possessing sandwich like structure in which negative anions are sandwiched into positively charged metal layers in a repeating manner, have been studied extensively. Layered double hydroxides could be fabricated with combination of different divalent(Cd^(2+), Mn^(2+), Fe^(2+), Pb^(2+)) and trivalent(Al^(3+), Cr^(3+), Fe^(3+)) metals and layered arrangement imparts unique properties such as adsorption properties and catalytic properties in these compounds. Exciting feature of these compounds is the memory effect. There are a number of methods to synthesize these layered compounds, such as co-precipitation, hydrothermal, sol-gel, urea hydrolysis,?etc. The synthesized LDHs can be characterized morphologically and compositionally i.e. scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, powder X-Ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, XPS, etc. The wonderful feature of layered double hydroxides is the pliancy of interlayer space enabling them to accommodate various anionic species, and high surface area making them efficient in numerous applications such as adsorbents, anion exchange, catalysts, and biological compatible.展开更多
基金support was received from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan under grant agreement number[20-2(3)/NIBGE,Fbd/ASIP/R&D/HEC/2016/697].
文摘Objective:To enhance the pharmaceutical potential and oral bioavailability of quercetin contents of Allium cepa peel extract by novel nanosuspension technology.Methods:Nanoprecipitation approach was successfully used for the formulation of nanosuspension.To obtain pharmaceutical-grade nanosuspension with minimum particle size and polydispersity index,sodium lauryl sulphate was selected as a stabilizer.Important formulation parameters were statistically optimized by the response surface methodology approach.The optimized nanosuspension was subjected to stability and in vitro dissolution testing and characterized by scanning electron microscopy,atomic force microscopy,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,and zeta sizer.To evaluate the preeminence of nanosuspension over coarse suspension,comparative bioavailability studies were carried out in male albino rats.The pharmaceutical potential of developed nanosuspension was evaluated by antioxidant,antimicrobial,and toxicity studies.Results:The optimized nanosuspension showed an average particle size of 275.5 nm with a polydispersity index and zeta potential value of 0.415 and−48.8 mV,respectively.Atomic force microscopy revealed that the average particle size of nanosuspension was below 100 nm.The formulated nanosuspension showed better stability under refrigerated conditions.Nanosuspension showed an improved dissolution rate and a 2.14-fold greater plasma concentration of quercetin than coarse suspension.Moreover,the formulated nanosuspension exhibited enhanced antioxidant and antimicrobial potential and was non-toxic.Conclusions:Optimization of nanosuspension effectively improves the pharmaceutical potential and oral bioavailability of Allium cepa extract.
文摘Layered double hydroxides, a class of anionic clays possessing sandwich like structure in which negative anions are sandwiched into positively charged metal layers in a repeating manner, have been studied extensively. Layered double hydroxides could be fabricated with combination of different divalent(Cd^(2+), Mn^(2+), Fe^(2+), Pb^(2+)) and trivalent(Al^(3+), Cr^(3+), Fe^(3+)) metals and layered arrangement imparts unique properties such as adsorption properties and catalytic properties in these compounds. Exciting feature of these compounds is the memory effect. There are a number of methods to synthesize these layered compounds, such as co-precipitation, hydrothermal, sol-gel, urea hydrolysis,?etc. The synthesized LDHs can be characterized morphologically and compositionally i.e. scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, powder X-Ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, XPS, etc. The wonderful feature of layered double hydroxides is the pliancy of interlayer space enabling them to accommodate various anionic species, and high surface area making them efficient in numerous applications such as adsorbents, anion exchange, catalysts, and biological compatible.
