Microenvironmental pH measurement during sodium naproxenate dissolution in acidic medium by UV/vis imaging

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    Abstract

    Variable dissolution from sodium salts of drugs containing a carboxylic acid group after passing the acidic environment of the stomach may affect oral bioavailability. The aim of the present proof of concept study was to investigate pH effects in relation to the dissolution of sodium naproxenate in 0.01M hydrochloric acid. For this purpose a UV/vis imaging-based approach capable of measuring microenvironmental pH in the vicinity of the solid drug compact as well as monitoring drug dissolution was developed. Using a pH indicating dye real-time spatially resolved measurement of pH was achieved. Sodium naproxenate, can significantly alter the local pH of the dissolution medium, is eventually neutralized and precipitates as the acidic species naproxen. The developed approach is considered useful for detailed studies of pH dependent dissolution phenomena in dissolution testing.

    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftJournal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
    Vol/bind100
    Sider (fra-til)290-293
    Antal sider4
    ISSN0731-7085
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - nov. 2014

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