Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging of pharmaceuticals in microfluidic devices
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Author(s)
Ewing, AV
Clarke, GS
Kazarian, SG
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The poor aqueous solubility of many active pharmaceutical ingredients presents challenges for effective drug delivery. In this study, the combination of attenuated total reflection (ATR)-FTIR spectroscopic imaging with specifically designed polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic devices to study drug release from pharmaceutical formulations has been developed. First, the high-throughput analysis of the dissolution of micro-formulations studied under flowing conditions has been introduced using a model formulation of ibuprofen and polyethylene glycol. The behaviour and release of the drug was monitored in situ under different pH conditions. In contrast to the neutral solution, where both the drug and excipient dissolved at a similar rate, structural change from the molecularly dispersed to a crystalline form of ibuprofen was characterised in the obtained spectroscopic images and the corresponding ATR-FTIR spectra for the experiments carried out in the acidic medium. Further investigations into the behaviour of the drug after its release from formulations (i.e., dissolved drug) were also undertaken. Different solutions of sodium ibuprofen dissolved in a neutral medium were studied upon contact with acidic conditions. The phase transition from a dissolved species of sodium ibuprofen to the formation of solid crystalline ibuprofen was revealed in the microfluidic channels. This innovative approach could offer a promising platform for high-throughput analysis of a range of micro-formulations, which are of current interest due to the advent of 3D printed pharmaceutical and microparticulate delivery systems. Furthermore, the ability to study dissolved drug in solution under flowing conditions can be useful for the studies of the diffusion of drugs into tissues or live cells.
Date Issued
2016-04-20
Date Acceptance
2016-04-04
Citation
Biomicrofluidics, 2016, 10 (2), pp.024125-1-024125-13
ISSN
1932-1058
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Start Page
024125-1
End Page
024125-13
Journal / Book Title
Biomicrofluidics
Volume
10
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2016 AIP Publishing. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Biomicrofluidics, and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4946867
Identifier
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4946867
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Physical Sciences
Biochemical Research Methods
Biophysics
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Physics
POORLY SOLUBLE DRUGS
HIGH-THROUGHPUT
IN-SITU
INTRINSIC DISSOLUTION
TABLET DISSOLUTION
SOLID DISPERSIONS
SALT FORMATION
FORMULATIONS
SOLUBILITY
RELEASE
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
0203 Classical Physics
0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
1007 Nanotechnology
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
024125
Date Publish Online
2016-04-20