In vitro release of propranolol from oil/water microemuisions |
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Authors: | M R GASCO M E CARLOTTI M TROTTA |
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Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Corso Raffaello, 31 10125 Torino, Italy |
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Abstract: | Oil/water (o/w) microemulsions containing propranolol were studied. Isopropylmyristate was used as the oil, Tween 60 as a surfactant, butanol as a co-surfactant and a buffer of pH 6.5 for the continuous phase. The lipophilicity of propranolol was enhanced by formation of lipophilic ion-pairs to obtain a disperse phase that could act as a reservoir; octanoic acid was used as counter-ion. The diffusion rates of propranolol from microemulsions through a hydrophilic membrane decreased as the concentration of octanoic acid increased. The apparent permeability constant, determined at the beginning of the experiment, was 2.9 × 10?9 cm s?1 for propranolol alone and diminished until 3.5 × 10?10 cm s?1 in the presence of octanoic acid, at a concentration of 16.4 times that of propranolol. |
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Keywords: | microemulsions propranolol ion-pair sustained release |
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