期刊
MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
卷 12, 期 2, 页码 444-452出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/mp500542a
关键词
organogel; low-molecular-weight gelator; polymeric gelator; rheological property; diffusion in organogel; Stokes-Einstein relation; skin permeation; Sesamin
资金
- Singapore Allswell Trading Pte. Ltd.
Controlled release plays an essential role in formulating topical and transdermal drug delivery systems. In this study, we correlated the skin permeation of Sesamin, a lipophilic drug, with the rheological properties of two different organogel carriers, i.e., low molecular weight gelling agent N-lauroyl-l-glutamic acid di-n-butylamide (GP-1) and Carbopol polymeric gels. Although these two gels have distinct network structures, they share the same trend: the more rigid the gel network and the higher the gelator concentration, the lower the steady flux of Sesamin through skin. This negative correlation lies in the fact that organogel network hinders the diffusion of drug to the gelskin interface; as a result, the depletion zone near the interface is non-negligible and contributes to the resistance of the whole diffusion system, and thus, the permeation flux is reduced. More interestingly, the dependence of the steady flux against gel complex modulus at the linear viscoelastic region followed a universal power law regardless of the gel types, i.e., 1/J = 1/J(0) + a(G*)e/C-0 with a = 11.25, e = 0.21 +/- 0.03 for GP-1 gels, and a = 0.16, epsilon = 1.05 +/- 0.06 for Carbopol gels, J(0) is the steady flux without gel (G* = 0), and C-0 is the initial concentration of drug in gels. The empirical formulae are crucial in developing transdermal organogel systems with controlled release of drug content through readily obtainable data of their rheological properties. The explanation for the power law dependence of the steady flux on gel complex modulus is discussed.
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