Release of Nortriptyline Hydrochloride from Oil-Water Microemulsions

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The release of nortriptyline hydrochloride from oil-in-water (o/w) microemulsions (isopropyl myristate as oil, propylene glycol as cosurfactant, polysorbate 80 as surfactant and phosphate buffer, pH 7.4,as the continuous phase) containing increasing concentrations of polyethylene glycol 400,used to facilitate the diffusion of a drug from the inner oily phase of the microemulsion to the outer aqueous phase of such a dispersion system, was studied by determing the permeability constants of the drug through hydrophilic and lipophilic membranes separating the o/w microemulsions from the receiving aqueous phase (phosphate buffer pH 7.4). The permeability of nortriptyline hydrochloride from microemulsions through the lipophilic membrane increased as the concentration of polyethylene glycol 400 in the disperse system increased. The apparent permeability constant for nortriptyline hydrochloride, from the microemulsion without polyethylene glycol, was 1.36×10^<-3> cm・h^<-1>, it increased up to 7.80×10^<-3> cm・h^<-1> in the presence of polyethylene glycol at a concentration of 50% (v/v) of the initial volume of the aqueous phase.
公益社団法人日本薬学会の論文
2000-11-01