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. 2018 Oct 16;10(4):189. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics10040189

Table 1.

An overview of drug/CD complexes prepared by manual grinding using mortar and pestle.

Drug CD 1 Drug/CD Ratio 2 Grinding Conditions Properties of the Obtained Product Reference
Chloramphenicol
(mp 155.23 °C)
β-CD 1:1 up to 120 min Partial inclusion (ca. 32%) after 120 min grinding [70]
Gemfibrozil
(mp. 59.25 °C)
DIMEB 1:1 up to 35 min Amorphous product after 35 min grinding [57]
Naproxen
(mp 153.4 °C)
βCDEPI
βCDEPS
50/50, 20/80, 15/85, 10/90 (w/w) up to 40 min Amorphous product with enhanced dissolution properties [74]
Naproxen
(mp. 153.4 °C)
αCD
maltohexaose
0.3–0.1 (w/w) up to 30 min Pseudo-inclusion complex formation with maltohexaose, partial interaction with αCD [87]
Trimetoprim
(mp 170 °C)
Sulphadiazine
(mp 260.6 °C)
Sulphamethoxazole
(mp 201 °C)
αCD
βCD
γCD
RAMEB
DIMEB
1:1 15 min Amorphous products with RAMEB [88]
Rifaldazine
(mp 259 °C)
βCD 1:1 3 min trituration followed by 30 min grinding Amorphous product, 4.4 times higher solubility; inclusion complexation confirmed by FTIR [56]
Rifampicin
(mp 259 °C)
HPβCD 1:1 3 min trituration followed by 30 min grinding Amorphous product with 2.5 times higher solubility [58]

1 the full name of CDs is given in the Introduction; 2 molar ratio if not otherwise stated; mp–melting point.