LIPOSOMES OBTAINED BY THE ETHANOL INJECTION METHOD
LIPOSOMES OBTAINED BY THE ETHANOL INJECTION METHOD
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DOI:
10.1016/0378-5173(93)90389-w
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发表时间:
1993-06-30
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
ESTELRICH, J
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作者:
PONS, M;FORADADA, M;ESTELRICH, J
One of the most simple methods of obtaining liposomes is the so-called ethanol injection. This is a mild procedure which affords a reasonably homogeneous vesicle population, although rather diluted. We have observed the influence of lipid concentration, osmolality and pH of medium on the size distribution of liposomes. On the other hand, eight substances have been encapsulated in order to establish the relation between efficiency of encapsulation and chemical characteristics. Results obtained show that a 40 mg/ml lipid concentration produces vesicles below 100 nm average diameter, this population being the most homogeneous. The effect of osmolality and pH is less important. With respect to drug encapsulation, drugs dissolved in the same ethanol as the lipid are relatively well encapsulated, whereas hydrophilic substances such as carboxyfluorescein show lower entrapment. Other kinds of drugs like the quinolones cyprofloxacin and enrofloxacin are associated with high encapsulation efficiencies but the final yield is low.