Conjugates of amphotericin B to resolve challenges associated with its delivery

INTRODUCTION: Amphotericin B (AmB), a promising antifungal and antileishmanial drug, acts on the membrane of microorganisms. The clinical use of AmB is limited due to issues associated with its delivery including poor solubility and bioavailability, instability in acidic media, poor intestinal permeability, dose and aggregation state dependent toxicity, parenteral administration, and requirement of cold chain for transport and storage, etc.

AREAS COVERED: Scientists have formulated and explored various covalent conjugates of AmB to reduce its toxicity with increase in solubility, oral bioavailability, and payload or loading of AmB by using various polymers, lipids, carbon-based nanocarriers, metallic nanoparticles, and vesicular carriers, etc. In this article, we have reviewed various conjugates of AmB with polymers and nanomaterials explored for its delivery to give a deep insight regarding further exploration in future.

EXPERT OPINION: Covalent conjugates of AmB have been investigated by scientists, and preliminary in vitro and animal investigations have given successful results, which are required to be validated further with systematic investigation on safety and therapeutic efficacy in animals followed by clinical trials.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on drug delivery - 21(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 187-210

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jain, Vineet Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Keerti [VerfasserIn]
Popli, Harvinder [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Aggregation
Amphotericin B
Antifungal Agents
Bioavailability
Drug Carriers
Drug delivery
Journal Article
Polymer-drug conjugates
Polymers
Review
Solubility
Toxicity

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.03.2024

Date Revised 08.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/17425247.2024.2308073

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367342987