Ubidecarenone nanoemulsified composite systems

Int J Pharm. 2005 Mar 3;291(1-2):113-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.07.048. Epub 2005 Jan 5.

Abstract

The nanoemulsified composite (NEC) delivery system is a patented technology based on the incorporation of a double microemulsion into microporous carrier. This approach was applied on the very water insoluble ubidecarenone drug. The resulting composite powder showed good technological properties such as flowability; also good stability was evidentiated, with size of the nano-droplets released from the systems maintained equal to the starting size also after a long storage. Furthermore very good biopharmaceutical properties were originated, with water solubility concentrations up to 50-fold higher than pure ubidecarenone and oral absorption in rats up to three-fold greater than standard commercial products in terms of plasma levels and AUC.

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / administration & dosage
  • Antioxidants / pharmacokinetics
  • Area Under Curve
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Coenzymes
  • Drug Carriers / administration & dosage
  • Drug Carriers / pharmacokinetics
  • Emulsions
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Powders
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Solubility
  • Time Factors
  • Ubiquinone / administration & dosage
  • Ubiquinone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ubiquinone / blood
  • Ubiquinone / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Coenzymes
  • Drug Carriers
  • Emulsions
  • Powders
  • Ubiquinone
  • coenzyme Q10