Calcium Coordination Solids for pH‐Triggered Release of Olsalazine

Abstract

Calcium coordination solids were synthesized and evaluated for delivery of olsalazine (H4olz), an anti‐inflammatory compound used for treatment of ulcerative colitis. The materials include one‐dimensional Ca(H2olz)⋅4 H2O chains, two‐dimensional Ca(H2olz)⋅2 H2O sheets, and a three‐dimensional metal‐organic framework Ca(H2olz)⋅2DMF (DMF=N,N‐dimethylformamide). The framework undergoes structural changes in response to solvent, forming a dense Ca(H2olz) phase when exposed to aqueous HCl. The compounds Ca(H2olz)⋅x H2O (x=0, 2, 4) were each pressed into pellets and exposed to simulated gastrointestinal fluids to mimic the passage of a pill from the acidic stomach to the pH‐neutral intestines. All three calcium materials exhibited a delayed release of olsalazine relative to Na2(H2olz), the commercial formulation, illustrating how formulation of a drug within an extended coordination solid can serve to tune its solubility and performance.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 06, 2017
Source ID
10.1002/cmdc.201700540

Entities

People

  • Christina M. Legendre
  • Dana J Levine
  • Jeffrey R. Long
  • Julia Oktawiec
  • Kristen A Colwell
  • Miguel I Gonzalez
  • Tomče Runčevski

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Basic Energy Sciences
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

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Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

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  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology