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Sucrose ester-based biocompatible microemulsions as vehicles for aceclofenac as a model drug: formulation approach using D-optimal mixture design

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We assessed the functionality of sucrose esters (sucrose laurate, myristate, palmitate, and stearate), relatively innocuous nonionic surfactants, in formulation of biocompatible microemulsions. The putative influence of surfactant structure on the extension of microemulsion region was explored through the construction of the pseudo-ternary phase diagrams for the isopropyl myristate/sucrose ester-isopropyl alcohol/water system, using the titration method and mixture experimental approach. Minor changes in surfactant tail length strongly affected the microemulsion area boundaries. D-optimal mixture design proved to be highly applicable in detecting the microemulsion regions. Examination of conductivity, rheology, and thermal behavior of the selected sucrose laurate and sucrose myristate-based microemulsions, upon dilution with water, indicated existence of percolation threshold and suggested the phase inversion from water-in-oil to oil-in-water via a bicontinuous structure. Atomic force micrographs confirmed the suggested type of microemulsions and were valuable in further exploring their inner structure. The solubilization capacity of aceclofenac as a model drug has decreased as the water volume fraction in microemulsion increased. High surfactant concentration and the measured solubility of aceclofenac in microemulsion components suggested that the interfacial film may mostly contribute to aceclofenac solubilization.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, through Project TR34031 and TR32008. The authors are grateful to Mitsubishi-Kagaku Foods Corporation for supplying sucrose esters.

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  1. Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, Belgrade, 11221, Serbia

    Marija N. Todosijević & Snežana D. Savić

  2. Faculty of Technology, University of Niš, Leskovac, 16000, Serbia

    Nebojša D. Cekić

  3. DCP Hemigal, Leskovac, 16000, Serbia

    Nebojša D. Cekić

  4. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11221, Serbia

    Miroslav M. Savić

  5. Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Mirjana Gašperlin

  6. ICTM—Institute of Microelectronic Technologies, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Danijela V. Ranđelović

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Todosijević, M.N., Cekić, N.D., Savić, M.M. et al. Sucrose ester-based biocompatible microemulsions as vehicles for aceclofenac as a model drug: formulation approach using D-optimal mixture design. Colloid Polym Sci 292, 3061–3076 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3351-4

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