Preparation and characterisation of amino acids based trimethoprim salts

Abstract

Trimethoprim (TMP) is a dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibitor which prevents the conversion of dihydrofolic acid into tetrahydrofolic acid, resulting in the depletion of the latter and leading to bacterial death. Oral bioavailability of TMP is hindered by both its low solubility and low permeability. This study aims to prepare novel salts of TMP using anionic amino acids; aspartic and glutamic acid as counter ions in order to improve solubility and dissolution. TMP salts were prepared by lyophilisation and characterized using FT-IR spectroscopy, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1HNMR), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Both the amino acids formed salts with TMP in a 1:1 molar ratio and showed a 280 fold improvement in solubility. Investigation of the microbiological activity of the prepared salts against TMP sensitive Escherichia coli showed that the new salts not only retained antibacterial activity but also exhibited higher zone of inhibition which was attributed to improved physicochemical characters such as higher solubility and dissolution. The results are an important finding that could potentially impact on faster onset of antibacterial activity and reduced therapeutic dose when administered to patients. Studies are underway investigating the effect of ion-pairing TMP with amino acids on the permeability profile of the drug.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics4010179
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Pharmacy School
College of Health & Life Sciences > Chronic and Communicable Conditions
College of Health & Life Sciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences > Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine
Additional Information: © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: trimethoprim,salt formation,fourier transform infrared,1H nuclear magnetic resonance,thermogrametric analysis,Pseudomonas aeruginosa,minimum inhibitory concentration studies,Pharmaceutical Science
Publication ISSN: 1999-4923
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024 18:50
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2013 15:18
Full Text Link: http://www.mdpi ... 99-4923/4/1/179
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2012-02-16
Authors: ElShaer, Amr
Hanson, Peter (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-6905-6051)
Worthington, Tony (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1906-3357)
Lambert, Peter (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-8243-2741)
Mohammed, Afzal R. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-5212-3040)

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