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Research Articles

Glibenclamide nanosuspension inhaler: development, in vitro and in vivo assessment

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Pages 762-774 | Received 25 Aug 2019, Accepted 03 Apr 2020, Published online: 20 Apr 2020
 

Abstract

Objective: The development of nanosuspension for targeted delivery of glibenclamide as hypoglycemic agent to the lung in an inhaler dosage form.

Method: Glibenclamide nanosuspension formulations were prepared using Box–Behnken design to investigate the effect of independent factors on the dependent variables, Fourier-transform Infrared spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, evaluation of glibenclamide nanosuspension inhaler and in vivo hypoglycemic efficacy were performed to determine glibenclamide nanosuspension inhaler effect.

Results: The results revealed that the mean particle sizes of the prepared nanosuspension ranged from 0.216 to 0.856 µm, zeta potential from +9 to +16 mV, the solubility ranged from 43% to 75%, the mass median aerodynamic diameter was 2.34 µm and the glucose level in rat was significantly reduced by about 60%.

Conclusion: These results confirmed that glibenclamide nanosuspension inhaler enhance hypoglycemic effectiveness and reduce adverse effect of glibenclamide, opening up new dosage form in Diabetes mellitus treatment.

Author contributions

All authors contributed equally to this work.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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