Autor: |
Mahmoud A. Hashem, Badriyah S. Alotaibi, Mahmoud M. A. Elsayed, Manal E. Alosaimi, Amal K. Hussein, Maram H. Abduljabbar, Kyung-Tae Lee, Hamdy Abdelkader, Mohamed A. El-Mokhtar, Ahmed H.E. Hassan, Amany A. Abdel-Rheem, Amany Belal, Mohammed S. Saddik |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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Zdroj: |
Pharmaceutics, Vol 15, Iss 10, p 2423 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1999-4923 |
DOI: |
10.3390/pharmaceutics15102423 |
Popis: |
Wound healing is a significant healthcare problem that decreases the patient’s quality of life. Hence, several agents and approaches have been widely used to help accelerate wound healing. The challenge is to search for a topical delivery system that could supply long-acting effects, accurate doses, and rapid healing activity. Topical forms of simvastatin (SMV) are beneficial in wound care. This study aimed to develop a novel topical chitosan-based platform of SMV with folic acid (FA) for wound healing. Moreover, the synergistic effect of combinations was determined in an excisional wound model in rats. The prepared SMV-FA-loaded films (SMV-FAPFs) were examined for their physicochemical characterizations and morphology. Box-Behnken Design and response surface methodology were used to evaluate the tensile strength and release characteristics of the prepared SMV-FAPFs. Additionally, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD), and animal studies were also investigated. The developed SMV-FAPFs showed a contraction of up to 80% decrease in the wound size after ten days. The results of the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis demonstrated a significant upregulation of dermal collagen type I (CoTI) expression and downregulation of the inflammatory JAK3 expression in wounds treated with SMV-FAPFs when compared to control samples and individual drug treatments. In summary, it can be concluded that the utilization of SMV-FAPFs holds great potential for facilitating efficient and expeditious wound healing, hence presenting a feasible substitute for conventional topical administration methods. |
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