Crystal engineering of pharmaceutical cocrystals in the discovery and development of improved drugs

G Bolla, B Sarma, AK Nangia - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The subject of crystal engineering started in the 1970s with the study of topochemical
reactions in the solid state. A broad chemical definition of crystal engineering was published …

Use of pharmaceutical salts and cocrystals to address the issue of poor solubility

DP Elder, R Holm, HL De Diego - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2013 - Elsevier
Salt and cocrystal formation are the most commonly used method of increasing solubility
and dissolution rate of pharmaceutical compounds, and are of particular interest for …

Pharmaceutical crystallization

J Chen, B Sarma, JMB Evans… - Crystal growth & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Crystallization is crucial in the pharmaceutical industry as a separation process for
intermediates and as the final step in the manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients …

Eutectics as improved pharmaceutical materials: design, properties and characterization

S Cherukuvada, A Nangia - Chemical Communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Eutectics are a long known class of multi-component solids with important and useful
applications in daily life. In comparison to other multi-component crystalline solids, such as …

Multidrug co-crystals: towards the development of effective therapeutic hybrids

R Thipparaboina, D Kumar, RB Chavan… - Drug Discovery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Multi-drug co-crystals would offer an efficient solution to combat various
diseases.•Cocrystals would play vital role in market due to expanded patent …

Drug-drug and drug-nutraceutical cocrystal/salt as alternative medicine for combination therapy: a crystal engineering approach

R Thakuria, B Sarma - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
The pre-formulation of pharmaceutical cocrystals and salts is a concept of crystal
engineering that has emerged as a promising technique for drug development in …

Co-crystallization and small molecule crystal form diversity: from pharmaceutical to materials applications

S Cherukuvada, R Kaur, TNG Row - CrystEngComm, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Co-crystallization is the supramolecular phenomenon of aggregation of two or more different
chemical entities in a crystalline lattice through non-covalent interactions. It encompasses …

Benefits of cocrystallisation in pharmaceutical materials science: an update

T Friščić, W Jones - Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objectives We provide a brief overview of recent applications of cocrystals for improving the
physico-chemical and materials properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients, including …

Synthesis of ternary cocrystals, salts, and hydrates of acefylline with enhanced dissolution and high permeability

S Allu, A Garai, VV Chernyshev… - Crystal Growth & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Acefylline (ACF) is a stimulant xanthine derivative drug, which is formulated as a piperazine
salt for the treatment of bronchial asthma. ACF falls under BCS class IV category of low …

Co-crystals and molecular salts of carboxylic acid/pyridine complexes: Can calculated p K a's predict proton transfer? A case study of nine complexes

A Lemmerer, S Govindraju, M Johnston, X Motloung… - …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of nine complexes and 109 literature examples containing a carboxylic acid
functional group and a pyridine functional group on separate molecules follow the ΔpKa rule …