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  • Increased absorption of mangiferin in the gastrointestinal tract and its mechanism of action by absorption enhancers in rats.

Increased absorption of mangiferin in the gastrointestinal tract and its mechanism of action by absorption enhancers in rats.

Drug development and industrial pharmacy (2012-07-24)
Xiaoli Wang, Yuechen Gu, Tianyang Ren, Bin Tian, Yu Zhang, Lingkuo Meng, Xing Tang
ABSTRACT

The therapeutic efficiency of mangiferin is restricted by its low intestinal permeability. In order to improve the oral absorption of mangiferin, potential of enhancers, including TPGS, sodium deoxycholate and Carbopol 974P, were investigated in a series of in vivo experiments. After administration of mangiferin at a dose of 30 mg/kg combining with sodium deoxycholate, the bioavailability of mangiferin increased four-fold, and this may be due to sodium deoxycholate weakening the compactness between lecithin molecules and increased the paracellular permeability. When Carbopol 974P (100 mg/kg) was combined with mangiferin, the oral bioavailability of it increased seven-fold compared with the control group, and this may be related to the mucoadhesive properties of Carbopol 974P and paracellular drug permeation. However, following coadministration of TPGS (50 mg/kg), the oral absorption of mangiferin increased slightly compared with that of the control group (p > 0.05). The increased oral absorption by the three coexcipients was in the order of Carbopol 974P > sodium deoxycholate > TPGS. The absolute bioavailability of mangiferin in the three different doses following oral administration were evaluated based on the AUC(0-t) of the intravenous dose and there was no increase from low doses to high doses (25 mg/kg to 100 mg/kg). The above results show that the low absorption of mangiferin was due to presence of a narrow absorption window, which may also exist in these compounds, which have structures similar to mangiferin including three fused aromatic rings with polyphenolic hydroxyl groups. Bioadhesion polymers are effective enhancers of the absorption of mangiferin in the gastrointestinal tract.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
Mangiferin Mangifera indica
Supelco
Mangiferin, analytical standard
Sigma-Aldrich
D-α-Tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate, BioXtra, water soluble vitamin E conjugate
Sigma-Aldrich
Sodium deoxycholate, ≥97% (titration)
Sigma-Aldrich
Deoxycholic acid, ≥98% (HPLC)
Sigma-Aldrich
Deoxycholic acid, ≥99.0% (T)
Sigma-Aldrich
Sodium deoxycholate, BioXtra, ≥98.0% (dry matter, NT)