The natural bile acid surfactant sodium taurocholate (NaTC) as a coformer in coamorphous systems: Enhanced physical stability and dissolution behavior of coamorphous drug-NaTc systems

Katarzyna Gniado, Pól MacFhionnghaile, Patrick McArdle, Andrea Erxleben

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Abstract

The amorphization of 18 different drugs on milling with one mole equivalent sodium taurocholate (NaTC) was investigated. In all cases the X-ray powder pattern showed an amorphous halo after milling at room temperature or after cryomilling and 14 of the 18 coamorphous drug-NaTC systems were physically stable for between one to eleven months under ambient storage conditions. In three cases, namely carbamazepine-NaTC, indomethacin-NaTC and mefenamic acid-NaTC, significant dissolution advantages over the crystalline drugs were observed, both for the freshly prepared samples and after storage for seven months. To understand the increased physical stability, infrared-, near-infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies were carried out. The effectiveness of NaTC as a coformer in a diverse range of coamorphous systems is attributed to its awkward molecular shape that hampers recrystallization and phase separation and its propensity to form a range of similar, yet different drug-coformer hydrogen bonding arrangements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)132-139
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume535
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Amorphous
  • Crystallization inhibition
  • Dissolution studies
  • Spectroscopy

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