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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2025

Designing, Characterization, and Optimization of Nystatin Loaded Mucoadhesive Spanlastical Hard Candy Lozenges as a Treatment of Oral Candidiasis: An in-vivo Study on Rats.

Raghda Rabe Hamed, Azza Ali Musafer Al-Khathami, Eyman M Eltayib, Reem Mohammed Ayed Al-Qarni, Rania A Hussien, Reem F Alshehri, Mona Alhamod, Bayan Alkhaldi

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Raghda Rabe HamedDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2389-2588
Azza Ali Musafer Al-KhathamiDepartment of Chemistry, College of Art and Science, Bisha University, Balqarn, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Eyman M EltayibDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7108-3665
Reem Mohammed Ayed Al-QarniDepartment of Chemistry, College of Art and Science, Bisha University, Balqarn, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Rania A HussienDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Al Baha University, Al Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Reem F AlshehriDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Taibah University, Medina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mona AlhamodDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Northern Border University, Arar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Bayan AlkhaldiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Introduction and Aim: Oral candidiasis is a common infectious disease affecting children and adults who usually receive oral antibiotics or chemotherapy. Optimizing Nystatin administration is challenging due to its poor solubility and systemically non-absorbable nature. In this work, Nystatin Spanlastical-hard candies were prepared for Oro-local application to improve Nystatin's local antifungal efficacy, contact time, and taste. Methods: Eight Nystatin Spanlastics were prepared using the ethanol injection method via 2 Results: The optimum Spanlastical formula was Sp3, which is a combination of Span 80 with SDC, and was sonicated for 3 minutes. The optimum lozenges were those of the SP3L1 batch containing the highest Corn syrup and Xanthan gum concentration levels. SP3L1 lozenges showed no interactions between their ingredients within the obtained FTIR spectra. They gave the animal subjects a higher in-vivo antifungal activity with a significant reduction in the colony formation units' count at P≤ 0.05 than the (Nystatin) marketed oral suspension. The rats also treated with SP3L1 showed very normal oral tissues by the end of the study period compared to those treated with the market oral formula (Nystatin). Conclusion: This preclinical study merged nanotechnology with mucoadhesive lozenging to improve Nystatin's antifungal activity, oral residence, and ease of administration compared to the traditionally marketed oral suspension.

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Antifungal AgentsCandidiasis, OralDrug DesignNystatinAdministration, OralAnimalsCandida albicansMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRatsRats, WistarAntifungal AgentsNystatincandidiasisin-vivo studymucoadhesive lozengesNystatinspanlastical candy

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PMCPMC12047306

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