OPTIMIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS FORMULATION FOR ENHANCED STABILITY AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM OF MEFLOQUINE

PRIYADARSHINI MOHAPATRA; NATARAJAN CHANDRASEKARAN

doi:10.22159/ijap.2023v15i5.48624

Authors

PRIYADARSHINI MOHAPATRA Department of Pharmaceutics, MVP Samaj’s College of Pharmacy, Nashik, Maharashtra-422002, India
NATARAJAN CHANDRASEKARAN Department of Pharmaceutics, MVP Samaj’s College of Pharmacy, Nashik, Maharashtra-422002, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0586-134X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijap.2023v15i5.48624

Keywords:

Essential oil formulation, Microemulsion, Nanoemulsion, Garlic oil nanoemulsion, Mefloquine delivery system, Release kinetics, Oral bioavilability

Abstract

Objective: This work aims to choose suitable essential oil formulations to improve the bioavailability and long-term aqueous stability of mefloquine in drug delivery systems.

Methods: Oil phases of pomegranate oil, black cumin seed oil, and garlic oil. To choose the proper oil and surfactant for creating pseudo-ternary phase diagrams, cremophore EL, tween®20 and tween®80 (surfactants), and brij 35 (co-surfactants) were used in a variety of concentrations and combinations (Smix). Mefloquine was estimated to be soluble in a variety of oils, surfactants, and co-surfactants. Drug solubility, drug release research, thermodynamic stability, mean hydrodynamic size and zeta potential.

Results: Garlic with smix of cremophore EL and brij 35, Pomegranate with Tween 20, and Black cumin seed oil with Tween 80 showed the highest solubilization and emulsification capabilities and were further investigated using ternary phase diagrams. When combined with the co-surfactants under investigation, cremophore EL demonstrated a greater self-emulsification zone than tween® 80 and tween 20. Garlic oil, cremophore EL, and brij 35 nanoemulsion showed smaller size, greater zeta potential, less emulsification time, high transmittance, and better drug solubility than microemulsion formulations on especially those made with tween®20 and tween 80. Mefloquine loaded garlic oil nanoemulsion showed considerably low release in body fluid (32.48%) and a good release in intestinal fluid (82.78%) by 12 h in a drug release study.

Conclusion: Garlic oil as the oil phase and a mixture of cremophore EL and brij 35 as the surfactant phase are ideal surfactants and co-surfactant for mefloquine loaded garlic oil nanoemulsion with greater drug release in release kinetics investigation.

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