苦参碱壳聚糖微球的制备及体外释药

目的:以壳聚糖为囊材制备苦参碱结肠靶向给药微球及评价其体外释药情况。方法:用乳化化学交联法制备微球,以微球的粒径分布百分数、载药量及包封率为优化指标对影响微球制备的主要因素用正交试验设计优化制备条件;并对最佳制备工艺制得的微球进行3种不同递质(人工胃液、人工肠液及大鼠结肠液)中的体外释放度评价。结果:制得的苦参碱壳聚糖微球在电镜下,球形表面圆整,粒径分布适宜,微球平均粒径为(68.3±2.7)μm,平均载药量为(16.0±0.5)%,平均包封率为(66.3±4.2)%。苦参碱壳聚糖微球在人工胃液中2h不释药;在人工肠液中4h内释放不到1%,96h释药不到10%;在含大鼠结肠内容物的磷酸盐缓冲液(pH6.8)中4h释放10%左右,36h释药近50%,此后释药趋于缓慢,96h释药近80%。结论:苦参碱壳聚糖微球几乎不在上消化道释药,而是在结肠靶向释药。     

罗红霉素微球的制备及其质量评价

目的:优化罗红霉素微球的制备工艺。方法:以乙基纤维素为囊材,采用乳化-溶剂扩散法制备罗红霉素微球,以药物与囊材用量比(A)、囊材的浓度(B)、水相与油相的比例(C)为因素,包封率为指标设计正交试验优选制备工艺,并对所得微球的外观、粒径分布、载药量、包封率、体外释放度及苦味进行研究。结果:优化后的最佳工艺:A为1∶1,B为30mg.mL-1,C为4∶1。所得的微球外观圆整,平均粒径(75.0～90.0)μm,且分布均匀,载药量约45%～46%,包封率可达90%以上,可持续释药13h以上,多数试验者服药后感觉不苦。结论:优化工艺后所制罗红霉素微球具有明显掩味和缓释效果。     

GM-1PLGA肌注微球的制备及其体外释药评价

目的 研究以聚乳酸羟基乙酸共聚物为囊材,制备长效缓释的单唾液酸四己糖神经节苷脂微球制剂.方法运用复乳溶剂挥发法,考虑多个条件对制备工艺的影响,并采用正交设计对处方进行优化.测定微球的载药量、包封率和释放曲线.结果制备得到的GM-1微球粒径大小均匀,球形致密圆整,微球粒径为(8.2±6.0)μm,载药量和包封率分别为18...     

星点设计-效应面法优化氟苯尼考缓释微球制备工艺

目的 优化复凝聚法制备氟苯尼考缓释微球工艺.方法 以复凝聚法制备微球,以粒径、包封率的总评“归一值”为评价指标,采用星点设计,考察囊材(明胶、阿拉伯胶)浓度、成囊pH、搅拌速度撒三因素对制备微球的影响,对结果进行二项式拟合,效应面法选取最佳工艺条件,优化工艺后制得的微球在人工体液中进行体外释放.结果 最佳工艺条件为囊材浓度2.2％、成囊pH3.9、搅拌速度450r/min;制得的微球圆整均一,粒径50μm左右,包封率51.80％,载药量可达14.29％;制得的微球在Hank′s人工模拟体液中有良好的缓释特征.结论 优化制备工艺条件下制得的微球外形良好载药量较大,缓释效果好.     

姜黄素载药纳米微球的制备、表征及性质

目的 观察可生物降解、组织相容性高的纳米材料所制备的姜黄素纳米微球的各项特征及体外释药.方法 采用纳米沉淀法制备负载姜黄素的纳米微球,通过电子显微镜观察纳米微球的形貌、动态光散射(DLS)测量粒径分布、高效液相色谱(HPIC)检测其包封率和载药量、体外释放.结果 制备的纳米粒子呈大小均一的球形,平均粒径为(128.8±1.5)nm,包封率为(80.6±3.8)%,载药量为(7.9±1.0)%.体外释放实验显示,载药微球具有良好的缓释特性.结论 该制备工艺简单可行,包封率较高,制得的纳米粒分散均匀,可显著提高姜黄素在水相中的浓度.     

利福平丝素蛋白载药微球的制备及性能研究

目的通过测定利福平丝素蛋白微球的载药量、包封率及释放度,考察乳化转速、有机溶剂与丝素蛋白溶液比例,对微球的制备方法进行优化,筛选微球的最佳制备方法。方法采用乳化法制备利福平丝素蛋白微球,以不同转速、有机溶剂与丝素蛋白溶液不同比例分别制备利福平丝素蛋白微球,采用扫描电镜观察微球的形态,用紫外分光光度法测定微球的载药量、包封率及释放度,以形态、载药量、包封率及释放度为指标,筛选微球的最佳制备方法。在此基础上,采用最佳处方制备3批利福平丝素蛋白微球,对微球的形态、粒径、包封率、载药量和释放度进行考察。结果有机溶剂与丝素蛋白溶液体积比为4∶1、转速为200 r·min^-1时所得利福平丝素微球形态均匀,近似球形,载药量和包封率较高,所得载药微球有较好的缓释作用。以最佳处方制得微球载药量为66.1%±0.87%,包封率为87.80%±2.23%。结论有机溶剂与丝素蛋白溶液体积比为4∶1、转速为200 r·min^-1时载药量、包封率和释放度较好,故选择此处方为利福平丝素蛋白微球的最佳制备处方。     

载药蒙脱石/丙烯酸树脂微球的制备与体外释放性能的研究

目的以丙烯酸树脂为膜材制备载药蒙脱石/丙烯酸树脂微球并考察其体外释放性能。方法以盐酸倍他洛尔为模型药物,采用O/O溶剂挥发法制备蒙脱石载药微球,通过正交实验设计,考察柠檬酸三乙酯及甘油用量、乳化剂与膜材比例及用量、内外相体积比等因素对微球载药量、包封率、体外释放性能的影响,采用扫描电镜对其外观形态进行表征。结果所得微球外观圆整,粒径分布较均匀,平均粒径为20.7μm,平均载药量为14.31%±0.47%,平均包封率为94.35%±1.01%。结论该法制备载药蒙脱石丙烯酸树脂微球是可行的,体外释放研究表明微球具有一定的缓释作用。     

阿立哌唑缓释微球的制备及体外释放特性的研究

目的 制备阿立哌唑聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物(PLGA)缓释微球并考察其体外释放特性.方法 采用乳化-溶剂挥发法制备阿立哌唑缓释微球,通过正交试验优选最佳处方与制备工艺,并考察其载药量、包封率、粒径、形态和体外释放度.结果 所得微球的载药量为20.28％ ±0.38％,包封率为81.12％±0.02％,平均粒径为19.38 μm,形态圆整,30 d的体外累积释放度达88.73％.结论 所得阿立哌唑缓释微球形态圆整,载药量与包封率较高,具较好的缓释效果.     

星点设计-效应面优化单凝聚法制备氟苯尼考微球

目的 优化单凝聚法制备氟苯尼考缓释微球工艺。方法 以单凝聚法制备微球,以粒径、包封率的总评“归一值”为评价指标,采用星点设计考察芯材比、成囊pH、搅拌速度3因素对微球制备的影响,对结果进行二项式拟合,效应面法选取最佳工艺条件,优化工艺后制得的微球在人工体液中进行体外释放。结果 最佳工艺条件为药/囊材0.375、成囊pH 4.8、搅拌速度615 r·min^-1;制得的微球圆整均一,粒径40~50 μm,包封率57.45%,载药量17.52%,制得的微球在Hank’s 人工模拟体液中有良好的缓释特征。结论 优化制备工艺条件下制得的微球外形良好,载药量较大,缓释效果好。     

尼莫地平聚乳酸缓释微球的制备及其药剂学性质

目的制备尼莫地平聚乳酸缓释微球,并对其药剂学性质进行研究.方法采用溶剂蒸发萃取法制备微球,正交实验设计考察影响制备工艺的因素,用扫描电镜观察微球表面形态,红外光谱分析验证舍药微球的形成,对制备的尼莫地平微球的粒径、栽药量、包封率等性质及体外释放特性进行了研究.结果尼莫地平聚乳酸微球的最佳制备工艺稳定,微球形态圆整,粒径分布适宜,药物确已被包裹于微球中.优化工艺制得的微球平均粒径为(61.7±0.46)μm,载药量为(53.2±0.8)%,包封率为(86.2±0.6)%,体外释放符合Higuchi方程,Q=17.708t1/2-0.975 8(r=0.995 4),t1/2=8.29 d.结论本实验获得了较理想的尼莫地平聚乳酸微球,其体外释药特性符合长效制剂特征.     

Efficacy of gut lavage,hemodialysis, and hemoperfusion in the therapy of paraquat or diquat intoxication

Clinical and in vitro investigations were carried out to test the efficacy of gut lavage, hemodialysis, and hemoperfusion in the treatment of poisoning with paraquat or diquat. In a patient suffering from diquat intoxication 130 times more diquat was removed by gut lavage 30 h after ingestion than was removed by complete aspiration of the gastric contents.Determination of in vitro clearances for paraquat and diquat by hemodialysis showed that, at serum concentrations of 1–2 ppm, such as are frequently encountered in poisoning in man, toxicologically relevant quantities of herbicide cannot be removed from the body. At a concentration of 20 ppm, on the other hand, hemodialysis proved to be effective, the clearance being 70 ml/min at a blood flow rate of 100 ml/min. The efficacy of hemoperfusion with coated activated charcoal was on the whole better. Especially at concentrations around 1–2 ppm, the clearance values for hemoperfusion were some 5–7 times higher than those for hemodialysis.In a patient suffering from paraquat poisoning, both hemodialysis as well as hemoperfusion were carried out. The in vitro results could be confirmed: At serum concentrations of paraquat less than 1 ppm no clearance could be obtained by hemodialysis while by hemoperfusion with activated charcoal quite high clearance values were measured and the serum level dropped down to zero.

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Zusammenfassung Klinische Untersuchungen und Laboratoriumsversuche wurden durchgeführt, um die Wirksamkeit von Darmspülung, Hämodialyse und Hämoperfusion bei Paraquat- und Deiquat-Vergiftungen zu prüfen.Bei einem Patienten wurde 30 Std nach Deiquat-Aufnahme durch Darmspülung 130mal mehr Deiquat entfernt als durch vollständige Aspiration des Mageninhaltes. In vitro-Versuche ergaben, daß bei Blutserumkonzentrationen von 1–2 ppm, die bei Vergiftungen oft gemessen werden, durch Hämodialyse keine toxikologisch relevanten Paraquat- oder Deiquat-Mengen entfernt werden können. Dagegen erwies sich die Hämodialyse bei 20 ppm und einer Blutumlaufgeschwindigkeit von 100 ml/min mit einer Clearance von 70 ml/min als wirksam. Die Hämoperfusion mit beschicheter Aktivkohle war in diesen Versuchen aber eindeutig überlegen, denn insbesondere bei Konzentrationen um 1–2 ppm waren die Clearance-Werte 5–7mal höher als bei der Hämodialyse.Die in vitro-Ergebnisse wurden bei einem Patienten mit einer Paraquat-Vergiftung bestätigt: Bei Konzentrationen unter 1 ppm war die Hämodialyse wirkungslos, während durch Hämoperfusion relativ hohe Clearance-Werte erreicht wurden, so daß der Serumspiegel rasch unter die Nachweisgrenze abfiel.

     

In vitro studies on sterically stabilized liposomes (SL) as enzyme carriers in organophosphorus (OP) antagonism

This study describes a new approach for organophosphorous (OP) antidotal treatment by encapsulating an OP hydrolyzing enzyme, OPA anhydrolase (OPAA), within sterically stabilized liposomes. The recombinant OPAA enzyme was derived from Alteromonas strain JD6. It has broad substrate specificity to a wide range of OP compounds: DFP and the nerve agents, soman and sarin. Liposomes encapsulating OPAA (SL)* were made by mechanical dispersion method. Hydrolysis of DFP by (SL)* was measured by following an increase of fluoride ion concentration using a fluoride ion selective electrode. OPAA entrapped in the carrier liposomes rapidly hydrolyze DFP, with the rate of DFP hydrolysis directly proportional to the amount of (SL)* added to the solution. Liposomal carriers containing no enzyme did not hydrolyze DFP. The reaction was linear and the rate of hydrolysis was first order in the substrate. This enzyme carrier system serves as a biodegradable protective environment for the recombinant OP-metabolizing enzyme, OPAA, resulting in prolongation of enzymatic concentration in the body. These studies suggest that the protection of OP intoxication can be strikingly enhanced by adding OPAA encapsulated within (SL)* to pralidoxime and atropine.     

Aquatic Insects and Trace Metals: Bioavailability,Bioaccumulation, and Toxicity

Abstract

The uptake of metals from food and water sources by insects is thought to be additive. For a given metal, the proportions taken up from water and food will depend both on the bioavailable concentration of the metal associated with each source and the mechanism and rate by which the metal enters the insect. Attempts to correlate insect trace metal concentrations with the trophic level of insects should be made with a knowledge of the feeding relationships of the individual taxa concerned. Pathways for the uptake of essential metals, such as copper and zinc, exist at the cellular level, and other nonessential metals, such as cadmium, also appear to enter via these routes. Within cells, trace metals can be bound to proteins or stored in granules. The internal distribution of metals among body tissues is very heterogeneous, and distribution patterns tend to be both metal and taxon specific. Trace metals associated with insects can be both bound on the surface of their chitinous exoskeleton and incorporated into body tissues. The quantities of trace meals accumulated by an individual reflect the net balance between the rate of metal influx from both dissolved and particulate sources and the rate of metal efflux from the organism. The toxicity of metals has been demonstrated at all levels of biological organization: cell, tissue, individual, population, and community. Much of the literature pertaining to the toxic effects of metals on aquatic insects is based on laboratory observations and, as such, it is difficult to extrapolate the data to insects in nature. The few experimental studies in nature suggest that trace metal contaminants can affect both the distribution and the abundance of aquatic insects. Insects have a largely unexploited potential as biomonitors of metal contamination in nature. A better understanding of the physico-chemical and biological mechanisms mediating trace metal bioavailability and exchange will facilitate the development of general predictive models relating trace metal concentrations in insects to those in their environment. Such models will facilitate the use of insects as contaminant biomonitors.     

Pharmacological treatment of COVID-19: an opinion paper

The precocity and efficacy of the vaccines developed so far against COVID-19 has been the most significant and saving advance against the pandemic. The development of vaccines has not prevented, during the whole period of the pandemic, the constant search for therapeutic medicines, both among existing drugs with different indications and in the development of new drugs. The Scientific Committee of the COVID-19 of the Illustrious College of Physicians of Madrid wanted to offer an early, simplified and critical approach to these new drugs, to new developments in immunotherapy and to what has been learned from the immune response modulators already known and which have proven effective against the virus, in order to help understand the current situation.     

Alzheimer’s disease – current trends in basic and clinical research. Highlights from the 16th ECNP

Advances in the molecular biological knowledge of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have led to a growing interest by the pharmaceutical industry in the development of novel compounds that selectively modulate nAChR function. The ability of (-)-nicotine, an activator of nAChRs, to enhance attentional aspects of cognition in animals and humans, to exert neuroprotective and anxiolytic-like effects, and presumably to mediate the negative correlation between smoking and Alzheimer's (and Parkinson's) Disease, has focused interest on the potential therapeutic utility of modulators of nAChR function for treatment of some of the deficits associated with these progressive, neurodegenerative conditions. Numerous compounds are known which activate nAChRs and which might serve as lead compounds toward the development of such agents. The pharmacologic diversity of neuronal nAChR subtypes suggests the possibility of developing selective compounds which would have more favourable side-effect profiles than existing agents. This broader class of agents, collectively called cholinergic channel modulators (ChCMs), is anticipated to encompass compounds which would have more favourable side-effect profiles than existing agents, which generally exhibit low selectivity. This selectivity may be achieved by preferentially activating some subtypes of nAChRs (i.e., Cholinergic Channel Activators, ChCAs) or inhibiting the function of other subtypes (Cholinergic Channel Inhibitors, ChCIs). An overview of the biology of nAChRs and the rationale for the use of ChCMs for the treatment of dementia related to neurodegenerative diseases are presented, followed by a discussion of lead compounds and compounds under consideration for clinical evaluation.     

Steroidal sapogenin contents in some domestic plants

In order to find out the values of the steroid resources for the future use. the compositions and contents of steroidal sapogenins from 13 domestic plants have been investigated. As a result,Dioscorea nipponica, D. quinqueloba andSmilax china were found to have large amount of diosgenin. And pennogenin inTrillium kamtschaticum andParis verticillata, yuccagenin inAllium fistulosum, hecogenin inAgave americana and neochlorogenin inSolanum nigum were appeared to be major steroidal sapogenins.