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In vitro studies on liposomal amphotericin B obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide-mediated process.

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Title In vitro studies on liposomal amphotericin B obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide-mediated process.
 
Creator Udaya Sankar, K.
Deepan Raja, B.
Usha Rani, G.
Manohar, B.
Venkateswaran, G.
 
Subject 02 Engineering & allied operations
 
Description Nanotechnology in drug delivery is a rapidly expanding field. Nanosized liposomal preparations are already in use for efficient drug delivery with better therapeutic indices. Existing methods of liposome preparation are limited by problems of scale-up, difficulty in controlling size, and intercalation efficiency. Here we prepare amphotericin B-intercalated liposomes by a novel process where amphotericin B and purified phosphatidyl choline are solubilized in suitable solvent and precipitated in supercritical fluid carbon dioxide (known as a gas antisolvent technique), to obtain microsized particles that are subsequently introduced into a buffer solution. The morphology of liposomes was characterized through a phase-contrast microscope, and the particle size distribution studied by laser technique showed nanosize with a narrow range of size distribution (between 0.5 and 15 microm) and a higher intercalation efficiency. In vitro studies conducted using Aspergillus fumigatus (MTCC 870) strain proved to be efficient in the retardation of the growth of the organism.
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/1828/1/Nanomedicine_Nanotechnology%2C_Biology_and_Medicine_3%284%29_2007_273-280.pdf
Udaya Sankar, K. and Deepan Raja, B. and Usha Rani, G. and Manohar, B. and Venkateswaran, G. (2007) In vitro studies on liposomal amphotericin B obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide-mediated process. Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine, 3 (4). pp. 273-80. ISSN 1549-9642