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JOURNAL OF DRUG DELIVERY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages 107-112Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2017.09.019
Keywords
Liposomes; Lovastatin; Red Yeast Rice; HMG-CoA
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- Tuscany Region, Italy [DD 650/2014]
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Liposomal formulations were obtained mixing 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) and 1,2-dioleoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) with synthetic lovastatin or lovastatin extracted from Red Yeast Rice (RYR) to prepare a vehicle able to overcome both the disadvantage of lovastatin, i. e its poor oral bioavailability and side effects. Liposomal formulation obtained combining DOPC, DOPE and hydro-alcoholic extract of RYR showed optimal physico-chemical, mechanical and thermal characteristics and the strongest inhibition activity versus 3-hydroxy-3-Methyl glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase.
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