Artemisinin is a sesquiterpenoid lactone peroxide, known for its potent antimalarial activity that can be extracted from Artemisia annua L. This compound only sparingly soluble in water, making extraction using environmental-friendly and non-toxic aqueous solvents difficult. In the attempt to overcome this limitation, hydrotropes, which are class of compounds assist increasing solubility hydrop...

Hydrotropy is a phenomenon where the presence of a large quantity of one solute enhances the solubility of another solute. The mechanism of this phenomenon remains a topic of debate. This study employed molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the hydrotropic mechanism of a series of urea derivatives, that is, urea (UR), methylurea (MU), ethylurea (EU), and butylurea (BU). A poorly water-so...

Solubility is the process of dissolution of solid in liquid phase to give a homogenous system and is one of the important parameter to achieve desired concentration of drug in systemic circulation for pharmacological response. Dissolution rate of poorly water-soluble drugs is rate limiting step for its bioavailability so increase in bioavailability is the major challenging task in drug developm...

Citrus limonoids were demonstrated to possess potential biological activities in reducing the risk of certain diseases. Limonoids are present in citrus fruits in the form of aglycones and glucosides. At present, limonoid aglycones and limonoid glucosides are extracted in multiple steps using different solvents. In order to understand their potential bioactivity, it may be beneficial to isolate ...

Solubilization of poorly water-soluble drugs has been a very important issue in screening studies of new chemical entities as well as formulation research. Various techniques are employed to enhance the aqueous solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs and hydrotropic solubilisation is one of them. A hydrotrope is a compound that solubilises hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solution. The problem...