The deformation behavior of a pH-sensitive hydrogel micro-fluidic valve system is investigated using inhomogeneous gel deformation theory, in which the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) of the gel solid and fluid flow in the pipe is considered. We use a finite element method with a well adopted hydrogel constitutive equation, which is coded in commercial software, ABAQUS, to simulate the hydrog...

Mebeverine hydrochloride is known to suffer from extensive first pass effect. In an attempt to improve its oral bioavailability and possibility to restrict its absorption only to the colon, mebeverine microspheres were prepared by emulsion solvent evaporation method. Four formulations were prepared with varying drug and polymer ratio. These formulations were subjected to various evaluation para...

Proton and Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) binding by ligand H(2)L, containing two bis(aminoethyl)amine (dien) units connected by a 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCF) unit has been analyzed by means of potentiometric, UV-vis and fluorescence emission measurements. Considering proton binding, the ligand in its fully deprotonated form, L(2-), binds up to four acidic protons in the alkaline pH regi...

Two-pore domain K channels encoded by genes KCNK1-17 (K2p1-17) play important roles in regulating cell excitability. We report here that rat taste receptor cells (TRCs) highly express TASK-2 (KCNK5; K2p5.1) and to a much lesser extent TALK-1 (KCNK16; K2p16.1) and TASK-1 (KCNK3; K2p3.1) and suggest potentially important roles for these channels in setting resting membrane potentials and in sour ...

The aim of the research work was to chemically modify guar gum(GG) as a pH sensitive co-polymer and formulating intestinal targeting ESO nanoparticles (NPs) using the synthesized co-polymer. Poly acrylamide-grafted-guar gum (PAAm-g-GG) co-polymer was synthesized by free radical polymerization. Chemical modification of PAAm-g-GG by alkaline hydrolysis results in formation of a pH-sensitive co-po...

The aim of the research work was to chemically modify guar gum(GG) as a pH sensitive co-polymer and formulating intestinal targeting ESO nanoparticles (NPs) using the synthesized co-polymer. Poly acrylamide-grafted-guar gum (PAAm-g-GG) co-polymer was synthesized by free radical polymerization. Chemical modification of PAAm-g-GG by alkaline hydrolysis results in formation of a pH-sensitive co-po...

objective(s): the aim of present research was to develop matrix-mini-tablets of lornoxicam filled in capsule for targeting early morning peak symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. materials and methods:matrix-mini-tablets of lornoxicam were prepared by direct compression method using microsomal enzyme dependent and ph-sensitive polymers which were further filled into an empty hpmc capsule. to asses...