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. 2023 Jul 27;6:100202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpx.2023.100202

Table 7.

Additives to mitigate oxidative polysorbate degradation. The different antioxidants/chelators, polysorbate qualities/concentrations, buffer conditions, excipients, protein, and stressors that have been tested are summarized.

Antioxidant/ chelators PS quality [PS] / % (v/w) Buffer pH Excipient Protein / mg·mL-1 Stress Study
1.5/15 mM Met/Cys PS80 ∼0.24 TRIS 7.6 NaCl, EDTA rhCNTF & rhNGF H2O2/alkyl hydroperoxide Knepp et al. (1996) (Knepp et al., 1996)
Meta PS20d 0.04 AcOH 5.5 NaCl, mannitol <50 mAb 25/40 °C Kranz et al. (2020) (Kranz et al., 2020)
10 mM Met PS20 HP / PS20 HP RO 0.2 <15 mM His-AcOH 5.5 Sucrose - 40 °C Doshi et al. (2021)b (Doshi et al., 2021b)
1 mM Met PS80d 0.05-0.06 10 mM His Water - 5 ppm Fe2+ Gopalrathnam et al. (2018) (Gopalrathnam et al., 2018)
Ca. 1.3 mM Met PS80d 0.02 20 mM His 5.5 8.5 % (w/v) sucrose 25 mAb 5/25/40 °C Yarbrough et al. (2019) (Yarbrough et al., 2019)
10, 35 mM Met PS80 AO 0.15 His-AcOH 5.5 Water - 40 °C + light + stainless steel Doshi et al. (2021)c (Doshi et al., 2021a)
10 mM Met PS20 HP & SR 0.03 His-AcOH 5.5 Sucrose 10 mAb 40 °C Doshi et al. (2020) (Doshi et al., 2020a)
1 mM BHT PS20d & PS80d 10 - Water - 40 °C Schmidt et al. (2020) (Schmidt et al., 2020)
0.3, 1 mM BHT PS80d 10 - Water - 10 mM H2O2 + 0.1 mM Fe2+ + 25°C Schröter et al. (2021) (Schröter et al., 2021)
0.3, 1 mM BHT PS80d 10 - Water - 1.5 mM AAPH + 40 °C Schröter et al. (2021) (Schröter et al., 2021)
0.3, 1 mM BHT PS80d 10 - Water - air + 40 °C Schröter et al. (2021) (Schröter et al., 2021)
50 μM EDTA PS80 AO 0.04 10 mM His 6.0 8 % (w/v) sucrose - 10 ppb Fe2+ Kranz et al. (2019) (Kranz et al., 2019)
EDTAa PS20d 0.04 AcOH pH 5.5 NaCl, mannitol <50 mAb 25/40 °C Kranz et al. (2020) (Kranz et al., 2020)
1, 10, 20 μM EDTA PS80 MC/AO 0.02 20 mM His 6.0 10 % (w/v) sucrose 20 mAb 5/50 ppb Fe2+ + 25/40 °C Bensaid et al. (2022) (Bensaid et al., 2022)
0.17 mM EDTA PS80d 0.02 20 mM His 5.5 8.5 % (w/v) sucrose 25 mAb 5/25/40 °C Yarbrough et al. (2019) (Yarbrough et al., 2019)
1, 10, 100, 1000 μM EDTA PS80 MC 0.02 10 mM His 5.5 Water - Stainless steel + 50 °C Doyle et al. (2019) (Doyle et al., 2019)
342 μM EDTA PS80d 0.06 10 mM His 5.5-6.0 150 mM NaCl - 5 ppm Fe2+ +
25 °C
Gopalrathnam et al. (2018) (Gopalrathnam et al., 2018)
0.5 mM DTPA PS80 AO 0.15 His-AcOH 5.5 Water - 40 °C + light + stainless steel Doshi et al. (2021)c (Doshi et al., 2021a)
a

concentration of methionine and EDTA not given.

b

Doshi et al. (2021), Evaluating a modified high purity polysorbate 20 designed to reduce the risk of free fatty acid particle formation.

c

Doshi et al. (2021), A comprehensive assessment of all-oleate polysorbate 80: free fatty acid particle formation, interfacial protection, and oxidative degradation.

d

quality not specifically given.