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DOI 10.1007/s40005-014-0123-6
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Introduction
Microsphere delivery systems have been used for localized
drug delivery to reduce side effects as well as to improve
the therapeutic response at the local site (Baker 1987;
Burgess and Hickey 2005). Granisetron hydrochloride
(GH), a potent and selective 5-HT-3 receptor antagonist
with antiemetic activity incorporated in the microspheres
has been indicated for the prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy
and post operative vomiting (Tripathi 2003). It is 1015
times more potent than ondansetron hydrochloride and
probably more effective during the repeat cycle of chemotherapy (Tripathi 2003). But, it undergoes extensive
presystemic metabolism (3459 %) and has got short biological half life (34 h) (Dollary 1999; Swamy et al. 2010).
Tablets and intra venous (i.v.) injections of GH are available in the market. However, oral administration of antiemetic drugs have disadvantages associated with its
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Methods
Materials
GH was a kind gift sample from Cipla, Mumbai, India. SA,
XG, polyethylene glycol (PEG 1500, PEG 4000, and PEG
6000) base, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) and
span 80 were purchased from Loba Chemie (Mumbai,
India). Cocoa butter (CB) was purchased from Rajesh
Chemicals Pvt Ltd. (Mumbai, India) and Mayol W-45
(M) was gifted by Subhash Chemical Industries (Pune,
India). All other chemicals were of analytical grade.
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Formulation
code
Formulation variables
Granisetron
hydrochloride
(mg)
Sodium
alginate
(% w/v)
Xanthan
gum
(% w/v)
A1
100
0.1
A2
200
0.1
B1
B2
100
100
6
7
0.1
0.1
7
7
5
5
C1
100
0.2
C2
100
0.3
D1
100
0.1
D2
100
0.1
11
E1
100
0.1
10
E2
100
0.1
20
100
0.1
Blank
In vitro Mucoadhesion Fifty milligrams of the microspheres from all the batches were separately placed on
2 cm2 sheep rectal mucosa and kept for 20 min in a
humidity and temperature controlled cabinet (REMI CH6S Mumbai, India) at 75 % relative humidity and temperature of 25 2 C to allow hydration of the microspheres. This was followed by thorough washing of the
mucosal lumen with isotonic phosphate buffer (pH 6.8).
The washings were then dried at 70 C in a hot air oven
and percent mucoadhesion was determined by the ratio of
the weight of adhered microspheres to the weight of
applied microspheres (Rastogi et al. 2007).
Formulation variables
Crosslinking
time (min)
Table 2 Composition of
microspheres (optimized)
loaded suppositories
Calcium
chloride solution
(% w/v)
Formulations code
P1M
P2M
P3M
CBM
MM
GH (mg) equivalent
microspheres
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Mucoadhesion (% w/w)
(mean SD)
A1
28.125 0.87
1.82
78.05 1.94
72.45 2.23
A2
28.71 1.21
1.50
79.60 1.21
70.86 2.87
B1
30.50 1.36
2.29
81.49 .091
76.63 0.87
B2
36.76 2.01
2.86
83.22 3.14
79.08 1.09
C1
34.13 1.45
3.40
90.6 3.21
81.20 1.84
C2
35.32 0.55
3.98
92.3 2.71
83.67 2.14
D1
D2
29.1 2.36
28.89 3.12
0.49
0.33
55.27 1.36
51.62 2.61
63.71 2.65
58.25 3.06
E1
27.90 2.02
0.65
61.67 2.08
64.51 2.03
E2
29.53 2.98
0.44
57.52 1.67
62.39 2.14
26.87 3.01
0.84
67.62 1.06
65.12 2.36
BLANK
25.23 2.47
4.10
Zero order
R
First order
k
Higuchi
k
-0.016
Peppas
R
A1
0.760
0.733
0.965
0.971
7.972
0.929
-0.004
0.983
22.350
0.278
A2
0.831
0.001
0.831
0.989
0.007
0.831
0.000
0.987
0.012
0.388
B1
0.845
0.001
0.846
0.990
0.006
0.846
0.000
0.981
0.011
0.390
B2
0.939
0.001
0.939
0.989
0.006
0.939
0.000
0.985
0.004
0.547
C1
0.974
0.004
0.974
0.976
0.005
0.974
0.000
0.996
0.002
0.710
C2
0.963
0.365
0.967
-0.006
0.976
4.767
0.985
-0.002
0.994
2.277
0.662
D1
D2
0.895
0.939
0.563
0.461
0.975
0.969
-0.011
-0.009
0.995
0.988
6.544
5.699
0.978
0.983
-0.003
-0.002
0.985
0.989
8.399
4.584
0.454
0.558
E1
0.862
0.709
0.984
-0.015
0.993
7.637
0.973
-0.004
0.990
12.733
0.390
E2
0.900
0.563
0.974
-0.011
0.994
6.540
0.977
-0.003
0.983
7.897
0.466
0.869
0.882
0.977
-0.020
0.991
8.592
0.970
-0.005
0.986
16.104
0.358
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Table 5 Evaluation parameters for microsphere loaded suppositories
Evaluation parameter
P1M
P2M
P3M
MM
CBM
697.8 4.60
845.3 2.00
861.7 4.10
852.1 2.80
724.3 4.52
2.5 0.50
3 1.00
4.5 0.55
1.5 0.16
2 0.15
Disintegration (min)
14 1.10
17 1.53
19 1.58
5 2.17
4 0.57
18 2.08
22 2.64
28 2.01
7 1.53
9 3.05
97.6 1.01
98.4 0.35
96.7 1.40
93.2 1.47
95.9 0.49
Discussion
Zero order
r
First order
K
Higuchi
K
Peppas
r2
P1M
0.986
0.33
0.939
-0.006
0.949
4.515
0.972
-0.001
0.981
1.462
0.739
P2M
0.986
0.287
0.891
-0.005
0.930
4.109
0.943
-0.001
0.971
1.285
0.714
P3M
0.987
0.285
0.897
-0.005
0.909
4.0367
0.941
-0.001
0.965
0.823
0.795
MM
0.986
0.295
0.950
-0.005
0.960
4.247
0.979
-0.001
0.995
1.089
0.762
CBM
0.986
0.273
0.901
-0.005
0.914
3.876
0.943
-0.001
0.966
0.959
0.759
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Conclusion
The microspheres of GH showed excellent encapsulation
efficiency, good mucoadhesion and equilibrium swelling
degree. The microspheres retarded the drug release to a
considerable extent. The suppositories containing GH
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