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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Application of Nanopharmaceutics for Flibanserin Brain Delivery Augmentation Via the Nasal Route.

Osama A A Ahmed, Usama A Fahmy, Shaimaa M Badr-Eldin, Hibah M Aldawsari, Zuhier A Awan, Hani Z Asfour, Ahmed K Kammoun, Giuseppe Caruso, Filippo Caraci, Anas Alfarsi and 3 more

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Osama A A AhmedDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Usama A FahmyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Shaimaa M Badr-EldinDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Hibah M AldawsariDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Zuhier A AwanDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Hani Z AsfourDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University. Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed K KammounDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Giuseppe CarusoOasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero, 73, 94018 Troina (EN), Italy.
Filippo CaraciOasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero, 73, 94018 Troina (EN), Italy.
Anas AlfarsiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Raniyah A Al-GhamdiIbn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Clinical Pharmacy Department, Jeddah 22421, Saudi Arabia.
Rawan A Al-GhamdiIbn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah 22421, Saudi Arabia.
Nabil A AlhakamyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University · SAIbn Sina National College for Medical Studies · SACairo University · EGOasi Maria SS · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

NEONATAL TESTOSTERONE--SEXUAL AND IMMUNE DEVELOPMENTF06TW002166 · FIC · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MANN, DAVID R · 1996 to 1996
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Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, RG-2-166-41
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flibanserin (FLB) is a nonhormonal medicine approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat the hypoactive sexual appetite disorder in females. However, the peroral administration of the medicine is greatly affected by its poor bioavailability as a result of its extensive first-pass effect and poor solubility. Aiming at circumventing these drawbacks, this work involves the formulation of optimized FLB transfersome (TRF) loaded intranasal hydrogel. Box-Behnken design was utilized for the improvement of FLB TRFs with decreased size. The FLB-to-phospholipid molar ratio, the edge activator hydrophilic lipophilic balance, and the pH of the hydration medium all exhibited significant effects on the TRF size. The optimized/developed TRFs were unilamellar in shape. Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose based hydrogel filled with the optimized FLB TRFs exhibited an improved ex vivo permeation when compared with the control FLB-loaded hydrogel. In addition, the optimized TRF-loaded hydrogel exhibited higher bioavailability and enhanced brain delivery relative to the control hydrogel following intranasal administration in Wistar rats. The results foreshadow the possible potential application of the proposed intranasal optimized FLB-TRF-loaded hydrogel to increase the bioavailability and nose-to-brain delivery of the drug.

Indexed as

ex vivo permeationflibanserinhydrogelin vivo pharmacokineticstransfersomes

Identifiers

PMID32610539
PMCPMC7408465
OpenAlexW3037714945

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