Effect of drug lipophilicity on in vitro release rate from oil vehicles using nicotinic acid esters as model prodrug derivatives.
The rate constants for transfer of a homologous series of nicotinic acid esters from oil vehicles to aqueous buffer phases were determined using a rotating dialysis cell. The chemical stability of butyl nicotinate has been investigated at 60 degrees C over pH range 0.5--10. Maximum stability occurs at pH 4--5 and an inflection point was seen around the pK(a). For the nicotinic acid esters, a linear correlation was established between the first-order rate constant related to attainment of equilibrium, k(obs) and the apparent partition coefficient, P(app): log k(obs)=-0.83log P(app)+0.26 (k(obs) in h(-1), n=9). For hexyl nicotinate with a true partition coefficient of 4 it was possible to determine k(obs) by decreasing pH in the aqueous release medium to 2.05. Thus, under the latter experimental conditions estimation of the relative release rates for the esters were performed. The ratio between the specific rate constant k(ow), related to the transport from oil vehicle to aqueous phase, for ethyl and hexyl nicotinate was 139. The hydrophobic substituent constant for a methylene group, pi(CH(2)), was determined for nicotinic acid esters in different oil/buffer partitioning systems to 0.54--0.58. Addition of hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin to the aqueous release medium did not enhance the transport rate of the esters from the oil phase.
Weng Larsen
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Department of Analytical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
Engelbrecht Thomsen
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D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D000074263:Coconut Oil; D004355:Drug Stability; D004952:Esters; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009539:Nicotinic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles; D010938:Plant Oils; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000737:chemistry*; D012715:Sesame Oil; D012996:Solutions
D004952:Esters; D009539:Nicotinic Acids; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles; D010938:Plant Oils; D011355:Prodrugs; D012996:Solutions; D012715:Sesame Oil; D000074263:Coconut Oil