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Development and in vitro evaluation of a mucoadhesive vaginal delivery system for nystatin

✍ Scribed by Juliane Hombach; Thomas F. Palmberger; Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
276 KB
Volume
98
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-3549

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✦ Synopsis

The purpose of the present study was to design and evaluate a novel vaginal delivery system for nystatin based on mucoadhesive polymers. L-Cysteine and cysteamine, respectively, were covalently attached to poly(acrylic acid), and the two different thiolated polymers were evaluated in vitro regarding their swelling behavior, mucoadhesive properties and release behavior. Tablets comprising these thiolated polymers and nystatin demonstrated a high stability in vaginal fluid simulant pH 4.2 and an increase in weight by swelling whereas control tablets comprising unmodified poly(acrylic acid) disintegrated and dissolved. The mucoadhesion time of tablets on freshly excised bovine vaginal mucosa on a rotating cylinder and the total work of adhesion of gels and tablets increased significantly due to the formation of disulfide bonds between the thiolated polymer and cysteine rich subdomaines of the mucus layer. The drug nystatin was released more slowly out of thiomer tablets and gels than out of PAA control tablets and gels. Therefore these thiolated polymers are promising delivery systems for nystatin providing a prolonged residence time and a sustained drug release in vitro under physiological relevant conditions.

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