Efficient loading and delivery of ciprofloxacin by smart alginate/carboxylated graphene oxide/aminated chitosan composite microbeads: In vitro release and kinetic studies

New composite microbeads were formulated as smart pH-sensitive vehicle for efficient delivery of ciprofloxacin (CIP) drug. Herein, carboxylated graphene oxide (CGO) was successfully impregnated into alginate (Alg) microbeads, which were then coated with aminated chitosan (AmCs) layer to form core–shell Alg/CGO@AmCs composite microbeads. Diverse analysis tools comprising FTIR, TGA, XRD and SEM were employed to characterize the developed carriers, while their swelling profiles and pH-sensitivity were examined under different pHs. The results clarified that increasing CGO and AmCs concentrations in microbeads matrix greatly protected Alg microbeads from fast disintegration at colon pH and prolonged their swelling time. Moreover, about 94.65 % of CIP drug was successfully loaded by Alg/CGO@AmCs composite microbeads compared to 61.95 % for Alg microbeads, confirming their reduced porosity. The in vitro CIP-release profiles were investigated in simulated gastrointestinal conditions. Furthermore, increasing AmCs concentration in the outer shell of composite microbeads clearly minimized the CIP burst release at the colon region and offered a sustained release performance. Besides, the CIP release mechanism was well-described by korsmeyer-peppas kinetic model. The cytotoxicity study confirmed the potential safety of the Alg/CGO@AmCs composite microbeads with human cell viability reached 98.98 %, suggesting their applicability as smart carriers for oral delivery of antibiotics.     

Development and application of a capillary electrophoresis-electrochemiluminescent method for the analysis of enrofloxacin and its metabolite ciprofloxacin in milk

Enrofloxacin (ENR) is a fluoroquinolone developed exclusively for the use in veterinary practice for the treatment of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, and ciprofloxacin (CIP) is its main active metabolite. Their contents are regulated by the EU Council Regulation no. 2377/90 in animal edible tissues. We developed a sensitive and rapid method for the determination of ENR and CIP by capillary electrophoresis (CE) with electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection. The method is based on the detection of aliphatic tertiary or secondary amino moieties in ENR and CIP with end-column tris(2,2-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) electrochemiluminescence. Parameters that affect separation and detection were optimized. Under the optimized conditions, the calibration functions were linear in the range of 0.03–1 μg ml⁻¹ for ENR and 0.05–1.2 μg ml⁻¹ for CIP. The detection limits of ENR and CIR were 10 ng ml⁻¹ and 15 ng ml⁻¹, respectively, based on the signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The relative standard derivations of the peak height and the migration time for ENR and CIP were less than 4.13%. The developed method was successfully applied to determine ENR and CIP in milk with a solid-phase extraction procedure.     

环丙沙星铽荧光配合物与DNA的相互作用及染色新方法

合成了环丙沙星铽荧光配合物,并研究其与DNA分子的相互作用.对比DNA分子吸附配合物分子前后的显微红外及荧光光谱发现,以环丙沙星分子为配体的稀土配合物同DNA间存在相互作用,这种作用诱导了DNA二级结构的构象变化.基于这种相互作用,研究了环丙沙星铽配合物对口腔粘膜组织切片的荧光染色,得到了同经典的苏木精-伊红染色法类似的反差效果.     

A Rapid and Simple High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic Method for Pharmacokinetic Study of Ciprofloxacin in Human Serum

Abstract

A rapid, accurate and sensitive method has been developed for the quantitative determination of ciprofloxacin, a new second-generation quinolone carboxylic acid antimicrobial agent, with high in vitro activity against a wide range of Gram- negative pathogens and Gram-positive cocci.

A Lichrosorb RP-18 250 x 4.0 mm, 5 μm analytical column was used with an eluting system consisting of a mixture of CH₃CN-CH₃OH-Citric acid 0.4 M (1:3:6 v/v). Detection was performed with a variable wavelength UV-visible detector at 275 nm resulting in a limit of detection of 0.2 ng per 20 μl injection. For the quantitative determination theophylline was used as chromatographic internal standard at a concentration of 1.56 ng/μl. A rectilinear relationship was observed up to 20 ng/μl. Analysis time was less than 6 min. The statistical evaluation of the method was examined performing intra-day (n=8) and inter-day calibration (n=8) and was found to be satisfactory with highly accurate and precise results. The method was applied to the direct determination of ciprofloxacin in human blood serum. Sample pretreatment involved only protein precipitation with acetonitrile. Recovery of ciprofloxacin in spiked samples was 98 ± 4% over the range of 0.5–5 mg/μl.     

Sensitive High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Mebeverine in Plasma Using Fluorescence Detection

Abstract

A sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for mebeverine (MB) determination in plasma is described. Sample preparation involves extraction of MB and Ibuprofen (internal standard) from 0.5 ml plasma. The analysis is carried out on reversed-phase chromatographic system using U-Bondapack C₁₈ column with a mobile phase consisting of water: acetonitrile:acetic acid (59:40:1) mixture. The effluent was monitored using a fluoremetric detection at excitation and emission wave lengths 270 and 362 nm, respectively. The method gave accurate, precise and reproducible results with high sensitivity. The within-day coefficients of variation ranged from 2.5 to 6.1% and between-days from 7.5 to 13.5% at four different concentrations. Injection-volumes containing as small amount of MB as 0.5 ng in plasma was detected. This method was applied to a bioavailability study with a single 10 mg/kg oral dose in two rabbits.     

Hydrothermal syntheses,crystal structures and antibacterial activities of two transition metal complexes with ciprofloxacin

Hydrothermal reactions of ciprofloxacin with Co(OH)₂, and with oxalate and Fe(OH)₃, yield [Co(Cip)₂] · 2H₂O (1) and [Fe(H-Cip) · (C₂O₄)] · (H₂Cip) · 5H₂O (2), which were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and single crystal diffraction analyses. Compounds 1 and 2 were screened for antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureas, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.     

固定化联吡啶钌电化学发光结合微透析采样在线研究药物蛋白反应

基于Nepem-105D全氟离子交换溶液形成的离子交换膜将联吡啶钌(Ⅱ)固定化于铂电极表面,设计制作了一种简单方便、高灵敏的新型电化学发光传感器.结合微透析采样技术,建立了在线研究环丙沙星与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用的新方法.结果表明:在优化的实验条件下,相对发光强度(△I)与环丙沙星浓度在3.0×10-8～3.0×10-5 mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,检出限为1.0×10-8 mol/L.利用本方法研究了环丙沙星与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用,得到环丙沙星与牛血清白蛋白的结合常数K=3.51×104 L/mol,结合位点数n=1.49.本方法可快速简便地研究药物与蛋白相互作用,在药效学和药代动力学等方面具有潜在的应用前景.     

Sonochemical degradation of ciprofloxacin and ibuprofen in the presence of matrix organic compounds

Ciprofloxacin (CIPRO) and ibuprofen (IBU), a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic compound, respectively, were degraded by ultrasound at the frequencies of 20 and 620 kHz in aqueous solution containing matrix organic compounds. Compared to in its absence, in the presence of terephthalate (TA), a commonly used OH scavenger, CIPRO degradation was inhibited by a factor of 40–1500 depending on the frequency and initial concentration. However, the degradation rates of IBU were only reduced between 30% and 80% with TA present compared to in its absence. Similar to TA, the presence of Suwannee River Fulvic Acid (SRFA) inhibited CIPRO degradation to a greater extent than that of IBU but overall inhibition by SRFA was dramatically less than by TA. Although both TA and SRFA inhibited the degradation of CIPRO and IBU, the mechanisms of inhibition are different. TA reacts with OH in bulk solution and our evidence also indicates that it accumulates on or interacts with cavitation bubbles. On the other hand, SRFA stays in bulk solution, quenching OH and/or associating with the target compounds.     

RRLC测定关黄柏中盐酸小檗碱的含量

采用超声波法提取关黄柏中有效成分盐酸小檗碱,应用正交试验法筛选盐酸小檗碱最佳提取工艺。采用高分离度快速液相色谱(RRLC)测定关黄柏中有效成分盐酸小檗碱的含量。色谱条件为:色谱柱:XDB-C18(4.6mm×50mm,1.8μm);流动相:乙腈-0.3%磷酸缓冲溶液(29∶71);检测波长:266nm;流速:0.7mL/min;柱温:25℃;进样量:2μL。盐酸小檗碱在0.075—0.3μg范围内线性关系良好,r=0.9998,其平均回收率为99.2%,RSD为1.48%。本法操作快速简便、准确可靠,适用于关黄柏中盐酸小檗碱的含量测定。