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Bioavailability of oral drugs and the methods for its improvement

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Recent studies in nanotechnology resulted in the development of novel formulations with improved bioavailability. This is especially important for oral administered drugs as the most convenient formulations for administration to patients. The review considers processes occurring in the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract during oral administration of drugs. The increase of bioavailability of the drug may be achieved through designing novel formulations according to the specific drug properties. These include capsules that release pharmaceutical agents at various parts of the GI tract, floating systems that prolong the presence of the drug in stomach, maximally dispersed forms containing surface-active soluble polymers or micelles that carry poor-soluble drugs inside their non-polar core, agents that facilitate tight junction opening, such as caprate and chitosan, and lipid-based formulations. The own data show the stimulating influence of phospholipid nanoparticles on peroral absorption of the drug, indomethacin, in rats and on passage of transport marker and drugs through Caco-2 cell monolayer in vitro. The review summarizes current understanding of factors that influence the bioavailability of the oral drug formulations, currently used models for pharmacokinetic studies, and various approaches to developing novel pharmaceutical formulations that increase the bioavailability of the drugs.

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    O. M. Ipatova, T. I. Torkhovskaya, N. V. Medvedeva, V. N. Prozorovsky, N. D. Ivanova, A. V. Shironin, V. S. Baranova & A. I. Archakov

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Ipatova, O.M., Torkhovskaya, T.I., Medvedeva, N.V. et al. Bioavailability of oral drugs and the methods for its improvement. Biochem. Moscow Suppl. Ser. B 4, 82–94 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990750810010117

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