In vitro diffusion cell design and validation. I. A stability-indicating high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for betamethasone 17-valerate in purified isopropyl myristate receptor phase

Smith, Eric W; Haigh, John M

Title: In vitro diffusion cell design and validation. I. A stability-indicating high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for betamethasone 17-valerate in purified isopropyl myristate receptor phase
Creator: Smith, Eric W, Haigh, John M
Date: 1989
Type: text
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6431
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006595
Description: Introduction: The development of a reliable in vitro permeation system necessitates the use of a precise and accurate method of quantifying the amount of permeant partitioning from the membrane into the cell receptor phase. Aqueous donor and receptor chamber fluids have been used in the majority of reported investigations, which makes quantitative permeant analysis relatively facile. Alternatively, radiolabelled diffusants have been used and flux rates monitored by scintillation counting, obviating the need for chromatographic separation of the receptor-phase components. However, this technique is not applicable when nonlabelled compounds or commercial dosage forms are to be evaluated by a cell system. Furthermore, several studies indicate that aqueous receptor phases may not present an optimal partitioning environment for certain lipophilic permeants (1-4), thereby impairing accurate flux monitoring due to limited diffusant solubility. Several attempts have therefore been made to improve the partitioning environment within these systems, by the addition of surfactants for example (4). A lipophilic receptor environment appears beneficial for corticosteroid partitioning, and thus, the use of isopropyl myristate has been investigated because of its bipolar properties that tend to mimic the biochemical composition of the skin (5,6). Betamethasone 17-valerate and its 21-valerate degradation product are highly soluble in isopropyl myristate and this nonaqueous solvent will not augment C-17-to-C-21 ester degradation reactions.
Format: 5 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Smith, E.W. and Haigh, J.M. (1989) In vitro diffusion cell design and validation. I. A stability-indicating high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for betamethasone 17-valerate in purified isopropyl myristate receptor phase. Pharmaceutical Research, 6 (5). pp. 431-435. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015995818613

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