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Multi‐Drug‐Loaded Microcapsules with Controlled Release for Management of Parkinson's Disease
Author(s) -
Baek JongSuep,
Choo Chee Chong,
Qian Cheng,
Tan Nguan Soon,
Shen Zexiang,
Loo Say Chye Joachim
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201600067
Subject(s) - entacapone , drug delivery , controlled release , kinetics , carbidopa , drug , materials science , levodopa , in vivo , coating , dosage form , biomedical engineering , chemistry , pharmacology , parkinson's disease , nanotechnology , chromatography , medicine , disease , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , quantum mechanics , biology
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive disease of the nervous system, and is currently managed through commercial tablets that do not sufficiently enable controlled, sustained release capabilities. It is hypothesized that a drug delivery system that provides controlled and sustained release of PD drugs would afford better management of PD. Hollow microcapsules composed of poly‐ l ‐lactide (PLLA) and poly (caprolactone) (PCL) are prepared through a modified double‐emulsion technique. They are loaded with three PD drugs, i.e., levodopa (LD), carbidopa (CD), and entacapone (ENT), at a ratio of 4:1:8, similar to commercial PD tablets. LD and CD are localized in both the hollow cavity and PLLA/PCL shell, while ENT is localized in the PLLA/PCL shell. Release kinetics of hydrophobic ENT is observed to be relatively slow as compared to the other hydrophilic drugs. It is further hypothesized that encapsulating ENT into PCL as a surface coating onto these microcapsules can aid in accelerating its release. Now, these spray‐coated hollow microcapsules exhibit similar release kinetics, according to Higuchi's rate, for all three drugs. The results suggest that multiple drug encapsulation of LD, CD, and ENT in gastric floating microcapsules could be further developed for in vivo evaluation for the management of PD.