2010
DOI: 10.18433/j3p306
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Review of Pharmaceutical Applications of N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone

Abstract: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) or Pharmasolve is very strong solubilizing agent and it has important applications in different fields of industry. This review presents NMP physicochemical characteristics, application especially in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacokinetic and toxicity. Characteristics of NMP such as physicochemical properties, solubilization efficacy, toxicity and adverse effects were compared with other common solvents used in the pharmaceutical industries. This review reveals that NMP is an acc… Show more

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“…This can be explained by the physicochemical characteristics of n-methyl-pyrrolidone, which contains a nonpolar carbon that can weaken the structure of hydrogen bonding in water, allowing it to act also as a cosolvent, thereby increasing drug solubilization. 24 Incorporation of the drug in the formulations did not alter the nanometric size, with a uniform distribution of droplet sizes being maintained (Table 2). Table 3 shows the physicochemical characteristics of the study formulations and verifies the structural changes resulting from the different incorporation processes.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 96%
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“…This can be explained by the physicochemical characteristics of n-methyl-pyrrolidone, which contains a nonpolar carbon that can weaken the structure of hydrogen bonding in water, allowing it to act also as a cosolvent, thereby increasing drug solubilization. 24 Incorporation of the drug in the formulations did not alter the nanometric size, with a uniform distribution of droplet sizes being maintained (Table 2). Table 3 shows the physicochemical characteristics of the study formulations and verifies the structural changes resulting from the different incorporation processes.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…23 Further, n-methyl-pyrrolidone is used as a solubilizing agent in pharmaceutical formulations for oral and parenteral use and as a penetration enhancer for lipophilic drugs. 24 These characteristics make n-methyl-pyrrolidone an ideal candidate, and recently they have been exploited in applications testing the efficacy of n-methyl-pyrrolidone in transdermal nanosystems containing granisetron hydrochloride, 25 and in formulations designed for topical use, such as lidocaine, 26 estradiol, 27 bupranolol, 28 and insulin. 29 In formulations intended for topical administration, the aqueous phase and surfactants affect skin permeability by hydration of the stratum corneum and breakdown of the lipoprotein matrix, resulting in decreased resistance to drug diffusion.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Die Substanz ist hygroskopisch, vollständig mit Wasser mischbar und in den meisten anderen Lösemitteln lös-lich [3]. NMP ist beständig gegen Wasser und wird an der Luft nur langsam oxidiert [1,4]. Natürliche Vorkommen von NMP sind nicht bekannt [3].…”
Section: Stoffeigenschaften Und Anwendungunclassified
“…Eine Exposition am Arbeitsplatz oder auch in der Allgemeinbevölkerung kann sich aus der Verwendung als Lösemittel zum Entfernen von Farben und Graffiti ergeben, in Innenräumen aus dem Einsatz in Farben und Tinten sowie in Auslegeware und Teppichen. Schließlich wird NMP auch in Kosmetika als Lösemittel und oberflächenaktive Substanz und in manchen Pharmazeutika als Lösevermitt-ler verwendet [1,4,5].…”
Section: Stoffeigenschaften Und Anwendungunclassified
“…cosolvency, is the most common and feasible technique to enhance the aqueous solubility of drugs. The common cosolvents which, are used in the pharmaceutical industry are ethanol, propylene glycol, glycerine, glycofural, polyethylene glycols (mainly 200, 300 and 400), N,N-dimethyl acetamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, 2-propanol, dimethyl isosorbide, N-methyl 2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and room temperature ionic liquids (Rubino, 1990;Mizucci et al, 2008;Jouyban et al, 2010a). Their applications and possible side effects have been discussed in the literature (Spiegel and Noseworthy, 1963;Tsai et al, 1986;Patel et al, 1986;Golightly et al, 1988;Rubino, 1990).…”
Section: Solubility Increasingmentioning
confidence: 99%