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Preparation and Characterization of a Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Based Wafer for Simultaneous Delivery of Phenytoin and Insulin As Wound Dressing Material Publisher Pubmed



Taymouri S1 ; Amiri N1 ; Rabbani M2 ; Minaiyan M2 ; Baradaran A3
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  1. 1. Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Novel Drug Delivery Systems Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Pharmaceutical Development and Technology Published:2022


Abstract

In this study, a novel wafer based on Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) was prepared as a wound dressing for the simultaneous delivery of phenytoin (PT) and insulin; evaluation of the cutaneous wound repair property was performed too. Due to its low water solubility, PT was encapsulated in polymeric micelles (PM) by the film hydration method at different polymer/drug ratios and characterized in terms of particle size (PS), polydispersity index (PdI), zeta potential (ZP), drug loading (DL) %, entrapment efficiency (EE) %, and drug release. Then, the optimized PT loaded PM (PT-PM) was embedded in the wafers prepared from the HPMC polymer, alone or in combination with Carbopol 940 (CB) and xanthan gum (XG). This wafer also contained a fixed amount of insulin (PT-PM-Insulin-wafer). The obtained wafers were evaluated in terms of morphology, water uptake ability, porosity, bioadhesion and hardness features. Finally, the efficacy of the PT-PM-Insulin-wafer was assessed in full-thickness excision wound models. The optimized PT-PM showed the PS of 84.05 ± 1.80 nm, PdI of 0.28 ± 0.22, ZP of −3.38 ± 0.26 mV, DL of 15.63 ± 0.01%, EE of 92.66 ± 0.08%, and the release efficiency of 59.95 ± 0.03%. The results obtained from the XRD studies of PT-PM also demonstrated the transition of the crystalline nature of the PT to the amorphous form, while FTIR studies showed some intermolecular interaction of PT and the Soluplus® copolymer chain. It was also found that the incorporation of XG into HPMC wafers influenced the microstructure, thus increasing the porosity, water uptake ability and bioadhesion. Compared with other groups, the PT-PM-Insulin-wafer group showed the enhancement of wound closure through increasing collagen deposition and re-epithelialization. The present study, therefore, revealed that the PT-PM-Insulin-wafer group might have very promising applications for wound healing. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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