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ArticleSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2020

A second-generation micro/nano capsules of an endogenous primary un-metabolised bile acid, stabilized by Eudragit-alginate complex with antioxidant compounds.

Armin Mooranian, Nassim Zamani, Momir Mikov, Svetlana Goločorbin-Kon, Goran Stojanovic, Frank Arfuso, Bozica Kovacevic, Hani Al-Salami

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Article in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Armin MooranianBiotechnology and Drug Development Research Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Nassim ZamaniBiotechnology and Drug Development Research Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Momir MikovDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Svetlana Goločorbin-KonDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Goran StojanovicFaculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Frank ArfusoStem Cell and Cancer Biology Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Bozica KovacevicBiotechnology and Drug Development Research Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Hani Al-SalamiBiotechnology and Drug Development Research Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Curtin University · AUUniversity of Novi Sad · RS

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bile acids (BAs) are amphiphilic compounds and of recently have demonstrated wide range of formulation stabilizing effects. A recent study showed that primary un-metabolised bile acids (PUBAs) have β-cell protective effects, and synergistic antidiabetic effects when combined with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory drugs, such as probucol (PB). Thus, this study aimed to design and test microcapsules containing a PUBA incorporated with PB and an alginate-Eudragit matrix. Six types of microcapsules were developed without (control) or with (test) PUBA, and tested for internal and external features and β-cell protective effects. The incorporation of PB-alginate-Eudragit with PUBA produced stable microcapsules but did not exert consistent positive effects on cell viability in the hyperglycaemic state, which suggests that PUBA in alginate-Eudragit matrices did not exhibit synergistic effects with PB nor exerted antidiabetic effects.

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AlginateDiabetes mellitusEudragitMicroencapsulationOral deliveryProbucol

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PMID32042255
PMCPMC7000308
OpenAlexW2993750545

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