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L19 - drug sol & dissolution rate 4

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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class 1 drug

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• high solubility • high permeability e.g simple oral dosage form

#2
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class 2 drug

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• low solubility • high permeability

#3
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class 3 drug

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• high solubility • low permeability

#4
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class 4 drug

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• low solubility • low permeability

#5
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how do cyclodextrins work?

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• inclusion compounds • bring molecule into solution • made by putting non-polar part of one molecule into non-polar cavity of a water-soluble molecule

#6
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describe the structure of cyclodextrins (CD)

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• enzymatically modified starches so less toxic • cylindrical ring • hydrophilic outer surface • cavity is lipophillic/ non-polar • glucopyranose units forms ring of 6 units, b-CD units, g-CD 8 units

#7
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what is the host guest ratio of CD usually?

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1:1 so lipophilic molecules can be wholly or partially accommodated for in a complex

#8
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dissolution- dissociation- recrystallise process of CD complex of a poorly soluble guest

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• crystalline complex is soluble in water • outer shell is dissolved • so CD can leave complex • this is an easy way to increase solubility of drug in short time that is not otherwise soluble in water

#9
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how has β-cyclodextrin been used to improve the solubility of ibuprofen?

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• mixture of ibuprofen and CD produces complex in water bath (dissolution medium) • dissolution tests show an increase in dissolution rate of ibuprofen • comparing dissolution profiles has show that at a low pH there is a bigger effect of the complex on the release of ibuprofen (low solubility in water)

#10
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adverse effects of CD

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β-cyclodextrins have found a way to be used as controlled release of drug

#11
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what are surfactants?

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surface active agents

#12
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what could the ability to reduce surface tension at an interface without needing large concentrations do?

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blur the difference between solvent and solute

#13
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what are most marked events obtained with?

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solutes that combine in their molecule structure - one element has a high affinity for solvent - one doesn’t e.g phospholipid

#14
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what does the balance between hydrophilic part and hydrophobic part of molecule determine?

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• surfactant solubility in water and oil • surfactant applications • place on scales of hydrophile-lipophile balance (HBL)

#15
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describe the polar region

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• high affinity for water • can pull long hydrocarbon chains into water • must be polar enough to hold non-polar region in solution

#16
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4 classifications of surfactants

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• anionic • cationic • non ionic • zwitterionic

#17
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properties of surfactants at dilute solutions

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• surfactants act as normal solutions and electrolytes • the amphiphiles exist separately • size of amphiphiles causes them to be sub-colloidal

#18
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define subcolloidal

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solution is mixture of 2 substances where insoluble particles of one substance are suspended throughout the other substance on a microscopic scale

#19
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properties of surfactant solutions at concentrated solutions

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• surfactants aggregate/ come together over narrow concentration range • aggregates = micelles

#20
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Critical micelle concentration (CMC)

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conc of monomer at which micelles form

#21
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aggregation number of micelles

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number of monomers that aggregate to form a micelle

#22
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micellisation

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• alt mechanism to adsorption (molecules stick to surface) • allows strong water water interactions that would not happen if surfactant molecules were in solution as single molecules between water molecules (hydrophobic effect)

#23
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what happens as you increase surfactant?

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they arrange so head faces water and tails face away

#24
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what happens if you increase conc of surfactant even more?

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they self aggregate