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
2022 , Vol 26 , Issue 5
Design of Metformin HCl and Moxifloxacin HCl Loaded Thermosensitive In Situ Gel
1Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, 24002, Erzincan, Turkey
DOI :
10.29228/jrp.215
Corneal neovascularization (CNV) is a serious ocular surface disease that causes the
cornea to lose its transparent structure. It is a difficult disease to treat, so different drugs and different
carrier systems are tried in the treatment of the disease. One of these methods is the combined
application of metformin HCl (MHL) with a fluoroquinolone group antibiotic. The aim of this study
is to load MHL with low permeability into a drug delivery system that can prolong the residence time
on the ocular surface. In this context, different in situ gel formulations were produced by using
poloxamer, a thermosensitive polymer, together with hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, a natural
viscosity increaser. In situ gels were evaluated for clarity, pH, gelation temperature, and rheological
behaviors and selected two formulation. After loading MHL and moxifloxacin HCl (MOX) into these
two formulations, it was determined that they were clear, had a pH of around 7, a gelling temperature
of 34-35 °C, and showed pseudoplastic flow. However, drug loading capacities were found to be over
97%.When in vitro release studies were examined, it was determined that both MHL and MOX
released for at least six hours. The results showed that the combination of PF127 and HPMC has
potential as an in situ gelling systems for ocular delivery of MHL and MOX.
Keywords :
Metformin HCl; in situ gel; ocular drug delivery; moxifloxacin HCl; hydroxypropylmethylcellulose