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Integr Mol Med. 2014;1(3):61-66. doi: 10.15761/IMM.1000111.

Development of a novel approach to enhance the solubility of ftibamzone formulation.

Integrative molecular medicine

Ofonime Udofot, Kristen Jaruszewski, Shawn Spencer, Edward Agyare

Affiliations

  1. Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A and M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
  2. Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A and M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA ; The University Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 26120473 PMCID: PMC4479287 DOI: 10.15761/IMM.1000111

Abstract

Ftibamzone (FBZ) is known to be effective against herpes simplex virus that causes genital herpes but poor solubility of FBZ has reduced its therapeutic efficacy. We investigated water-soluble complexes of various nanoparticles with FBZ to improve its solubility as well as increase its absorption. Using phase-solubility technique, we measured formation constant (K

Keywords: ftibamzone; genital herpes; nanoparticles; simplex herpes virus; solubility

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