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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Rectal In Situ Thermosensitive Gel Loaded with Agomelatine-Silver Nanoparticles: Formulation and Characterization.

Marwa H Abdallah, Mohamed S Mohamed, Tamer M Shehata, Wael A Abdelhafez, Mahmoud M A Elsayed, Abd El Hakim Ramadan, Islam Kamal, Abdulsalam M Kassem, Mahmoud Elkot Mostafa, Ayman Salama and 2 more

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Marwa H AbdallahDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Ha'il, Ha'il 81442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6670-3903
Mohamed S MohamedDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7262-7396
Tamer M ShehataDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8051-1614
Wael A AbdelhafezDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt.
Mahmoud M A ElsayedDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9547-2243
Abd El Hakim RamadanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said 42515, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0812-0149
Islam KamalDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said 42515, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-1315-6368
Abdulsalam M KassemDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11651, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0002-1452-2806
Mahmoud Elkot MostafaDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, New Valley University, Al-Kharga 72511, Egypt.
Ayman SalamaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0005-7946-4477
Reda A MahmoudDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt.
Ahmed A El-ShenawyDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0875-1602

Funding

Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia KFU254329
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agomelatine (AG) is a novel antidepressant characterized by distinct mechanism of action and minimal side effects. However, extensive first-pass hepatic metabolism limits its clinical efficacy after oral administration, leading to low bioavailability (<5%). To get around these restrictions, the current study set out to create and assess a rectal thermosensitive in situ gel using biosynthesized AG-silver nanoparticles (AG-AgNPs). AG-AgNPs were successfully synthesized with gum acacia as a stabilizing agent, using silver nitrate as a precursor, and ascorbic acid as a reducing agent. The in situ gel formulation was optimized using a 3

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agomelatineenhanced bioavailabilitygreen biosynthesisrectal drug deliverysilver nanoparticlessustained releasethermosensitive gel

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PMID41590077
PMCPMC12840927

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