Editor-in-Chief Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu Vice Editors Levent Kabasakal Esra Tatar Online ISSN 2630-6344 Publisher Marmara University Frequency Bimonthly (Six issues / year) Abbreviation J.Res.Pharm. Former Name Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Journal of Research in Pharmacy 2021 , Vol 25 , Issue 2
Effect of precipitation inhibitors on supersaturation and solubility of furosemide
Tuğba GÜLSÜN1,Naile ÖZTÜRK1,Aslı KARA1,Selma ŞAHİN1,İmran VURAL1
1Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey
3Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Sungurlu Vocational High School, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey
DOI : 10.29228/jrp.11 Furosemide is a widely used diuretic drug for the treatment of edema associated with heart, liver cirrhosis, renal diseases and hypertension. It is a Class IV drug with low aqueous solubility and low permeability according to Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS). Furosemide was chosen as a model drug to examine the effect of polymeric precipitation inhibitors (PPIs) on the supersaturation and solubility. Solubility and concentration change of furosemide as a function of time at pH 1.2 and 6.8 were determined to show the effects of PPIs on furosemide solubility. The 24 h equilibrium solubility of furosemide was 0.017 ± 0.004 and 3.62 ±0.201 mg/mL at pH 1.2 and pH 6.8 buffer solutions, respectively. PPI type and concentration (0.05%, 0.25%) did not increase furosemide solubility at pH 1.2. However, both hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and polyvinylpyrrolidoneK17 (PVPK17) at two concentrations increased furosemide solubility at pH 1.2 and 6.8. In addition, viscosity of solutions was in the range of 2.2-3.7 centipoise, and it was not influenced by PPIs concentrations. Our results showed that designing supersaturated formulations using PPIs can be useful and promising to enhance solubility of furosemide. Keywords : Furosemide; precipitation inhibitors; solubility; supersaturation
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