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Development and Evaluation of a Water-in-oil Microemulsion Formulation for the Transdermal Drug Delivery of Teriflunomide (A771726)
Yaru CaoHuifang GaoHongguang XiaXiangyu ZhuBiao LiXuya ZhouYong Jin
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2019 Volume 67 Issue 8 Pages 786-794

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Teriflunomide (TEF, A771726) is the active metabolite of leflunomide (LEF), a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug. The main purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsion formulation of TEF. The W/O microemulsion was optimized formula is the physical and chemical stability of lecithin, ethanol, isopropyl myristate (IPM) and water (20.65/20.78/41.52/17.05 w/w) by using the pseudo-ternary phase diagram and the average droplet size is about 40 nm. The permeability of TEF microemulsion is about 6 times higher than control group in vitro penetration test. The results of anti-inflammatory effect showed that compared with the control group, the external TEF microemulsion group could significantly inhibit swelling of paw in rats, and no significant difference compared with oral LEF group. The results of hepatotoxicity test show that there were normal content of alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and no obvious inflammatory infiltration of TEF microemulsion group compared with LEF group. The plasma concentration curve showed that compared with LEF group, the peak concentration of TEF microemulsion group was decreased, the half-life (t1/2) was prolonged, and the relative bioavailability of TEF microemulsion was 75.35%. These results suggest that TEF W/O microemulsion can be used as a promising preparation to play an anti-inflammatory role while significantly reducing hepatotoxicity.

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