刊名:European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
出版年:2017
出版时间:March 2017
年:2017
卷:112
期:Complete
页码:143-147
全文大小:327 K
卷排序:112
文摘
The objective of this work is to design topically-applied thermosensitive and mucoadhesive hydrogel containing metronidazole (MTZ) for the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis infections. Hydrogel composed of pluronic® F127 (20 wt%), chitosan (1 wt%) and metronidazole MTZ (0.7 wt%) mixture showed its ability to decrease by a factor 4 MTZ flux and apparent permeability absorption through vaginal mucosa. The impact of hydrogel on transmucosal penetration of MTZ was evaluated ex vivo on excised porcine vaginal mucosa mounted on Franz diffusion cell. The anti-T. vaginalis activity of MTZ formulated into F127/chitosan hydrogel was preserved since the viability curve evaluated in vitro was similar to MTZ solution.