Nicergoline, a poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient, possesses vaso-active properties which causes peripheral and central vasodilatation. In this study, nanocrystals of nicergoline were prepared in an aqueous solution of polysorbate 80 (nanosuspension) by using four different laboratory scale size reduction techniques: high pressure homogenization (HPH), bead milling (BM), and combination techniques (high pressure homogenization followed by bead milling HPH+BM, and bead milling followed by high pressure homogenization BM+HPH). Nanocrystals were investigated regarding to their mean particles size, zeta potential, and particle dissolution. A short term physical stability study on nanocrystals stored at three different temperatures (4, 20 °C, and 40 °C) was performed to evaluate the tendency to change in particle size, aggregation and zeta-potential. The size reduction technique and the process parameters like milling time, number of homogenization cycles and pressure greatly affected the size of nanocrystals. Among the techniques used, the combination techniques showed superior and consistent particle size reduction compared to the other two methods, HPH+BM and BM+HPH giving nanocrystals of a mean particle size of 260 nm and 353 nm, respectively. The particle dissolution was increased for any nanocrystals samples, but it was particularly increased by high pressure homogenization and combination techniques. Independently to the production method, nicergoline nanocrystals showed slight increase in particle size over the time, but remained below 500 nm at 20 °C and refrigeration conditions.

Effect of four different size reduction methods on the particle size, solubility enhancement and physical stability of nicergoline nanocrystals.

MARTENA, VALENTINA;DI MARTINO, Piera;
2014-01-01

Abstract

Nicergoline, a poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient, possesses vaso-active properties which causes peripheral and central vasodilatation. In this study, nanocrystals of nicergoline were prepared in an aqueous solution of polysorbate 80 (nanosuspension) by using four different laboratory scale size reduction techniques: high pressure homogenization (HPH), bead milling (BM), and combination techniques (high pressure homogenization followed by bead milling HPH+BM, and bead milling followed by high pressure homogenization BM+HPH). Nanocrystals were investigated regarding to their mean particles size, zeta potential, and particle dissolution. A short term physical stability study on nanocrystals stored at three different temperatures (4, 20 °C, and 40 °C) was performed to evaluate the tendency to change in particle size, aggregation and zeta-potential. The size reduction technique and the process parameters like milling time, number of homogenization cycles and pressure greatly affected the size of nanocrystals. Among the techniques used, the combination techniques showed superior and consistent particle size reduction compared to the other two methods, HPH+BM and BM+HPH giving nanocrystals of a mean particle size of 260 nm and 353 nm, respectively. The particle dissolution was increased for any nanocrystals samples, but it was particularly increased by high pressure homogenization and combination techniques. Independently to the production method, nicergoline nanocrystals showed slight increase in particle size over the time, but remained below 500 nm at 20 °C and refrigeration conditions.
2014
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