@article{
author = "Medarević, Đorđe and Ibrić, Svetlana and Vardaka, Elisavet and Mitrić, Miodrag and Nikolakakis, Ioannis and Kachrimanis, Kyriakos",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Nanocrystal formation for the dissolution enhancement of glimepiride was attempted
by wet media milling. Di erent stabilizers were tested and the obtained nanosuspensions were
solidified by spray drying in presence of mannitol, and characterized regarding their redispersibility
by dynamic light scattering, physicochemical properties by di erential scanning calorimetry (DSC),
FT-IR spectroscopy, powder X-ray di raction (PXRD), and scanning electron microcopy (SEM), as
well as dissolution rate. Lattice energy frameworks combined with topology analysis were used in
order to gain insight into the mechanisms of particle fracture. It was found that nanosuspensions with
narrow size distribution can be obtained in presence of poloxamer 188, HPC-SL and Pharmacoat® 603
stabilizers, with poloxamer giving poor redispersibility due to melting and sticking of nanocrystals
during spray drying. DSC and FT-IR studies showed that glimepiride does not undergo polymorphic
transformations during processing, and that the milling process induces changes in the hydrogen
bonding patterns of glimepiride crystals. Lattice energy framework and topology analysis revealed
the existence of a possible slip plane on the (101) surface, which was experimentally verified by PXRD
analysis. Dissolution testing proved the superior performance of nanocrystals, and emphasized the
important influence of the stabilizer on the dissolution rate of the nanocrystals.",
publisher = "MDPI",
journal = "Pharmaceutics",
title = "Insight into the formation of glimepiride nanocrystals by wet media milling",
volume = "12",
number = "1",
doi = "10.3390/pharmaceutics12010053"
}