Dadou, Suha M., El-Barghouthi, Musa I., Antonijevic, Milan D. ORCID: 0000-0002-5847-7886 , Chowdhry, Babur Z. and Badwan, Adnan A. (2019) Elucidation of the controlled-release behavior of metoprolol succinate from directly compressed xanthan gum-chitosan polymers: computational and experimental studies. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 6 (1). pp. 21-37. ISSN 2373-9878 (Print), 2373-9878 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01028)

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Abstract

The development and evaluation of a controlled-release (CR) pharmaceutical solid dosage form comprising xanthan gum (XG), low molecular weight chitosan (LCS) and metoprolol succinate (MS) is reported. The research is, partly, based upon the utilization of computational tools; in this case molecular dynamics simulations (MDs) and response surface method (RSM), in order to underpin the design/prediction and to minimize the experimental work required to achieve the desired pharmaceutical outcomes. The capability of the system to control the release of MS was studied as a function of LCS (% w/w) and total polymer (LCS and XG) to drug ratio (P:D) at different tablet tensile strengths. MDs trajectories, obtained by using different ratios of XG:LCS as well as XG and high molecular weight CS (HCS), showed that the driving force for the interaction between XG and LCS is electrostatic in nature, the most favourable complex is formed when LCS is used at 15 % (w/w) and, importantly, that the interaction between XG and LCS is more favourable than that between XG and HCS. RSM outputs revealed that the release of the drug from the LCS/XG matrix is highly dependent on both the % LCS and the P:D ratio and that the required CR effect can be achieved when using weight fractions of LCS ≤ 20% and P:D ratios ≥ 2.6:1. Results obtained from in-vitro drug release and swelling studies on the prepared tablets showed that using LCS at the weight fractions suggested by MDs and RSM data plays a major role in overcoming the high sensitivity of the controlled drug release effect of XG on ionic strength and pH changes of the dissolution media. In addition, it was found that polymer relaxation is the major contributor to the release of MS from LCS-XG tablets. Using Raman spectroscopy, MS was shown to be localized more in the core of the tablets at the initial stages of dissolution due to film formation between LCS and XG on the tablet surface which prevents excess water penetration into the matrix. In the later stages of the dissolution process, the film starts to dissolve/erode allowing full tablet hydration and a uniform drug distribution in the swollen tablet.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Low molecular weight chitosan, xanthan gum, molecular dynamics simulations, response surface method, controlled-release polymeric matrices, pharmaceutical formulation, tablet swelling, Raman mapping, metoprolol succinate
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Science (SCI)
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2020 01:38
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/23034

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