Antimicrobial polymers: the potential replacement of existing antibiotics?

NF Kamaruzzaman, LP Tan, RH Hamdan… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is now considered a major global challenge; compromising medical
advancements and our ability to treat infectious disease. Increased antimicrobial resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the development of amorphous solid dispersions: The role of polymeric carriers

J Zhang, M Guo, M Luo, T Cai - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) is one of the most effective approaches for delivering
poorly soluble drugs. In ASDs, polymeric materials serve as the carriers in which the drugs …

State-of-the-art polymeric nanoparticles as promising therapeutic tools against human bacterial infections

A Cano, M Ettcheto, M Espina… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Infectious diseases kill over 17 million people a year, among which bacterial infections stand
out. From all the bacterial infections, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, meningitis, pneumonia, sexual …

Bioadhesive-Thermosensitive In Situ Vaginal Gel of the Gel Flake-Solid Dispersion of Itraconazole for Enhanced Antifungal Activity in the Treatment of Vaginal …

AD Permana, E Utomo, MR Pratama… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The poor solubility of itraconazole (ITZ) has limited its efficacy in the treatment of vaginal
candidiasis. Accordingly, the improvement of ITZ solubility using a solid dispersion …

The implications of drug-polymer interactions on the physical stability of amorphous solid dispersions

M Bookwala, PLD Wildfong - Pharmaceutical Research, 2023 - Springer
Amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) are a formulation and development strategy that can
be used to increase the apparent aqueous solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs. Their …

Impact of PCL nanofiber mat structural properties on hydrophilic drug release and antibacterial activity on periodontal pathogens

Š Zupančič, L Preem, J Kristl, M Putrinš… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrospinning enables to design and manufacture novel drug delivery systems capable of
advancing the local antibacterial therapy. In this study, two hydrophilic drugs–metronidazole …

[HTML][HTML] Combining enabling formulation strategies to generate supersaturated solutions of delamanid: in situ salt formation during amorphous solid dispersion …

T Van Duong, HT Nguyen, LS Taylor - European Journal of Pharmaceutics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Poor solubility is a major challenge that can limit the oral bioavailability of many drugs,
including delamanid, a weakly basic nitro-dihydro-imidazooxazole derivative used to treat …

Antimicrobial activities of highly bioavailable organic salts and ionic liquids from fluoroquinolones

MM Santos, C Alves, J Silva, C Florindo, A Costa… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
As the development of novel antibiotics has been at a halt for several decades, chemically
enhancing existing drugs is a very promising approach to drug development. Herein, we …

Probing the interplay between amorphous solid dispersion stability and polymer functionality

DS Frank, AJ Matzger - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Amorphous solid dispersions containing a polymeric component often impart improved
stability against crystallization for a small molecule relative to the pure amorphous form …

Formation of salts and molecular ionic cocrystals of fluoroquinolones and α, ω-dicarboxylic acids

C O'Malley, P McArdle, A Erxleben - Crystal Growth & Design, 2022 - ACS Publications
The cocrystallization of the fluoroquinolones ciprofloxacin (cip), norfloxacin (nor), and
enrofloxacin (enro) with the α, ω-dicarboxylic acids glutaric acid (glu), adipic acid (adi) …