The present study was undertaken to determine oxidative/nitrosative stress in aqueous humor of alloxan-induced hyperglycemic rabbits and to investigate the effects of two oral antidiabetic drugs, pioglitazone from peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonists and repaglinide from nonsulfonylurea K(ATP) channel blockers. Ascorbic acid (AA), glutathione (GSH), total antioxidan...

Chronic unpredicted mild stress (CUMS)-induced depression could alter the pharmacokinetics of many drugs in rats, however, the underlying mechanism is not clear. In this work we studied the pharmacokinetics of repaglinide, and explored the role of glucocorticoid and adrenergic signaling pathway in regulating drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) in GK rats and BRL 3A cells. The plasma cortisol and e...

Repaglinide has the half life of 1 hour, and bioavailability in the body is 56% due to first-pass metabolism. The total daily dose of Repaglinide is 16 mg (e.g., 4 mg four times daily depending on meal patterns); hence, it required frequent dosing. Transdermal patch of Repaglinide was prepared to sustain the release and improve bioavailability of drug and patient compliance. Different formulati...

Background: Experimentally induced diabetes in male rats is associated with alteration in functions of reproductive system. Acarbose, Pioglitazone and Repaglinide via decrease in blood glucose level can prevent the damage of testes. Materials and Methods: A total of 96 adult male albino rats whit a body weighing between 230- 250 g were injected by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozo...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide, presenting a great challenge to the public health systems due to high morbidity and mortality, because of frequent micro-/macro-vascular complications. Many treatment options are now available, with different efficacy as well as mechanisms of action to improve deranged glucose metabolism. We review some of the...

The purpose of this article was to prepare and optimize the ingredients of Repaglinide tablets. The impacts of ingredients (diluents, disintegrants and lubricants) content on tablets were evaluated. The optimum prescription contained Repaglinide, meglumine, poloxamer, MCC, maize starch, PVPP, magnesium stearate and appropriate PVP K30.The tablets were evaluated by Carr’s index, hardness, friabi...

Two stability indicating UV-spectrophotometric methods were developed and validated for the determination of repaglinide with its degradation products. Assay of repaglinide in 0.1M NaOH and 0.1M HCl were achieved at 216nm and 243nm respectively. The correlation was in the range of 1.0 – 25 μg mL (r = 0.9999) for 0.1M NaOH and 2.0 – 40 μg mL (r = 0.9999) for 0.1M HCl with molar absorptivity valu...

two sensitive spectrophotometric methods are presented for the assay of repaglinide in bulkdrug and in formulations using methyl orange, as reagents. oxidant by reacting with a fixedamount of either methyl orange and measuring the absorbance at 485.2 nm (method-i) andmeasuring the absorbance at 618.9 nm (method-ii). developed method is based on the formationof extractable colored complex of dru...