Novel Pharmaceutical Cocrystals of Tegafur : Synthesis, Performance, and Theoretical Studies

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PURPOSE: Tegafur (TF) is one of the most important clinical antitumor drugs with poor water solubility, severely reducing its bioavailability. This work develops new cocrystals to improve the solubility of TF and systematically investigates the intermolecular interactions to provide new insights into the formation of cocrystal and changes in physicochemical properties.

METHOD: In this paper, two new 1:1 cocrystals of TF with 2,4 dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,4HBA) and p-nitrophenol (PNP) were synthesized. The cocrystal products were identified and characterized by various solid state analysis techniques. And the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was conducted to determine the solubility and dissolution rate of TF and cocrystals. Moreover, the quantum chemistry calculations of crystal structure provided theoretical support for the results.

RESULT: Compared with pure TF, the solubility and dissolution rate of TF-2,4HBA is significantly increased in a pH 6.8 buffer at 37°C. Under accelerated storage conditions (40°C, 75% RH), all cocrystal exhibits excellent stability over 8 weeks. Hirshfeld surface (HS) analysis, atoms in molecules (AIM) analysis, interaction region indicator (IRI) analysis, molecular electrostatic potential surface (MEPS) analysis and frontier molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) analysis were integrated to understand the hydrogen bonding interaction more comprehensively. The simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental data. The results show that the analysis of physical and chemical properties of TF-PNP cocrystal and TF crystal by quantum chemistry method is reliable at molecular level.

CONCLUSION: These results are helpful to provide guiding methods in the cocrystal development and theoretical study of tegafur.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Pharmaceutical research - 41(2024), 3 vom: 30. März, Seite 577-593

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mei, Haoran [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Na [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Di [VerfasserIn]
Rong, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Xue [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Hongxun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1548R74NSZ
Cocrystal
DFT
Dissolution
Journal Article
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Solubility
Tegafur

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Date Completed 13.03.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11095-024-03668-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367814889