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Gelation of small molecule amorphous drugs
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Jun-jie REN1, Wei-li HENG2, Sheng-yan ZHOU2, Yuan GAO2, Jian-jun ZHANG1, *
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica | 2021, 56(3) : 855 - 864
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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica | 2021, 56(3): 855-864
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Gelation of small molecule amorphous drugs
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Jun-jie REN1, Wei-li HENG2, Sheng-yan ZHOU2, Yuan GAO2, Jian-jun ZHANG1, *
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  • 1. School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
  • 2. School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
Published: 2021-03-12 doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2020-1466
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Compared with crystalline drugs, their amorphous forms present long-range disordered molecular arrangements, and often exhibit higher apparent solubility and dissolution. However, several small molecule amorphous drugs may exhibit gelation phenomenon during the dissolution process, and show abnormal dissolution behavior with significantly lower dissolution than crystalline drugs. The current study aims to discover the relationship between the gelation of amorphous drugs and their abnormal dissolution, and further explore the internal gelation mechanism. Amorphous simvastatin (SIM), carvedilol (CAR), and irbesartan (IRB) were prepared by melt cooling method and characterized via X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Gel formation causes the dissolution of these three amorphous drugs to be significantly lower than their crystalline state. The formed gels were characterized as three-dimensional dense network structures by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Furthermore, amorphous SIM, CAR and IRB showed the critical gel temperature at 8-15℃, 25-30℃ and 45-50℃, and amorphous CAR and IRB showed the critical gel pH at 1 and 0.25. The mechanism of gel formation was proposed to be closely related to the transformation of amorphous drugs into the supercooled liquid state (as the important driving force) and the protonation induced self-assembling under acidic conditions. In addition, the wettability and properties of amorphous drugs also affect the formation of gelation.

amorphous  /  dissolution  /  gelation  /  supercooled liquid state  /  temperature  /  pH
Jun-jie REN, Wei-li HENG, Sheng-yan ZHOU, Yuan GAO, Jian-jun ZHANG. Gelation of small molecule amorphous drugs[J]. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 2021 , 56 (3) : 855 -864 . DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2020-1466
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doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2020-1466
  • Receive Date:2020-09-08
  • Online Date:2025-12-18
  • Published:2021-03-12
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  • Received:2020-09-08
  • Revised:2020-10-28
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    1. School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    2. School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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