Chapter 6 - Solid lipid nanoparticle formulations pharmacokinetic and biopharmaceutical aspects in drug delivery. 2009

Eliana B Souto, and Slavomira Doktorovová
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal.

Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) have emerged as important tools to modify the release profile for a large number of drugs including protein and peptide molecules. SLNs are produced from biocompatible and biodegradable lipid materials, making them a promising therapeutic strategy for drug targeting and delivery, and surmounting the inherent limitations of regulation acceptance. Due to their versatility in loading both lipophilic and hydrophilic molecules in the solid lipid matrix, SLNs depict the ability to prolong, extend or sustain the release profile of the loaded molecules, therefore reducing the repeated administration, and increasing the therapeutic value of a certain treatment. Additional advantages include reduction of drug toxicity and increase of drug bioavailability. To develop SLN formulations for drug targeting and delivery, a basic pharmacokinetic understanding of drug distribution is of major relevance, as well as the biopharmaceutical aspects of the administration route. This chapter provides a fundamental understanding of the pharmacokinetic properties of SLNs, which influence both biopharmaceutical and clinical profiles of the loaded molecules.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008055 Lipids A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Lipid
D002626 Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry dealing with the composition and preparation of agents having PHARMACOLOGIC ACTIONS or diagnostic use. Medicinal Chemistry,Chemistry, Pharmaceutic,Pharmaceutic Chemistry,Pharmaceutical Chemistry,Chemistry, Medicinal
D004333 Drug Administration Routes The various ways of administering a drug or other chemical to a site in a patient or animal from where the chemical is absorbed into the blood and delivered to the target tissue. Administration Routes, Drug,Administration Route, Drug,Drug Administration Route,Route, Drug Administration,Routes, Drug Administration
D016503 Drug Delivery Systems Systems for the delivery of drugs to target sites of pharmacological actions. Technologies employed include those concerning drug preparation, route of administration, site targeting, metabolism, and toxicity. Drug Targeting,Delivery System, Drug,Delivery Systems, Drug,Drug Delivery System,Drug Targetings,System, Drug Delivery,Systems, Drug Delivery,Targeting, Drug,Targetings, Drug
D053758 Nanoparticles Nanometer-sized particles that are nanoscale in three dimensions. They include nanocrystaline materials; NANOCAPSULES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; DENDRIMERS, and QUANTUM DOTS. The uses of nanoparticles include DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS and cancer targeting and imaging. Nanocrystalline Materials,Nanocrystals,Material, Nanocrystalline,Materials, Nanocrystalline,Nanocrystal,Nanocrystalline Material,Nanoparticle

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