Evaluation of burn wound healing activity of novel fusidic acid loaded microemulsion based gel in male Wistar albino rats

The objective of the present research was to examine the possible usage of microemulsion based gel for fusidic acid (FA) dermal application as burn wound treatment. During the preparation of microemulsion, ethyl oleate as oil phase, tween 80 as a surfactant, ethanol as co-surfactant, water as aqueous phase were used. The prepared microemulsions were evaluated for clarity, pH, viscosity and FA content. Moreover, stability, sterility, antibacterial activity, in vitro release of the formulations were also evaluated. The results showed that the FA loaded microemulsion and microemulsion based gel formation and characteristics were related to many parameters of the components. The performed optimized microemulsion-based gel showed good stability over a period of 3 months. The antibacterial activity of microemulsion-based gel was found to be comparable with marketed cream. RAW 264.7 macrophages were used to determine cell viability (MIT assay) and nitric oxide production. MBG and FA-MBG significantly inhibit the production of the inflammatory mediator NO in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. The wound healing property was evaluated by histopathological examination and by measuring the wound contraction. The % of wound area in rats treated with FA (2%) loaded microemulsion based gel ranged from 69.30% to 41.39% in the period from 3 to 10 days. In conclusion, FA loaded microemulsion based gel could be offered as encouraging strategy as dermal systems for the burn wound treatment

In Vitro Cytotoxicity of Methano[1,2,4]Triazolo-[1,5-C][1,3,5]Benzoxadiazocine Derivatives and Their Effects on Nitrite and Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) Levels

Biological activity of the Biginelli type heterocycles is extremely broad and provides a suitable platform for the discovery of potent small drug-like molecules. Such activity of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (DHPM) derivatives is widely known, whereas their oxygen-bridged analogs, benzoxadiazocines, are presented quite rarely in the literature. In this study, a series of new methano[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c][1,3,5]benzoxadiazocine derivatives (3a-3j) were evaluated in vitro for their activities and molecular docking features. According to the molecular docking study, COX-2 and PGE(2)S appeared as likely targets responsible for the reduced PGE(2) levels caused by the title compounds. The cytotoxicity of compounds 3a-3g, 3j was evaluated on RAW 264.7 murine macrophage cell line by MTT assay after treatment for 24 h with various doses (25, 50, 100 mu M) of these compounds. Then, compounds admitting cell viability higher than 70% were tested for their anti-inflammatory activity at non-toxic doses by evaluating the nitrite level of cell supernatants with the Griess reagent. Compounds 3c and 3f demonstrated significant inhibition of nitrite production (by 29 and 25%, respectively) at 100 mu M (p < 0.05). These compounds significantly inhibited PGE(2) production, thus suggesting analgesic activity