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. 2017 Jun 2;24(1):891–905. doi: 10.1080/10717544.2017.1333172

Table 3.

Composition of simulated lung fluids used for dissolution studies.

Composition Gamble solution 1 Gamble solution 2 Gamble solution 3 Gamble solution 4 Gamble solution 5 Modified Gamble solution Pseudo alveolar fluid Simulated lung fluid Artificial interstitial fluid Synthetic serum SELF SLF (mM)
MgCl2⋅6H2O (mg L−1) 95 203 203       212 212 203   200  
NH4Cl (mg L−1)       535 118 5300       535   10
NaCl (mg L−1) 6019 6019 6019 6786 6400 6800 6415 6400 6193 6786 6020 11,6
KCl (mg L−1) 298                      
CaCl2 (mg L−1)       22           22    
CaCl2⋅2H2O (mg L−1) 368 368 368   225 290 255 255 368   256 0,2
Na2SO4 (mg L−1) 63 71 71       79   71   72  
H2SO4 (mg L−1)       45   510       45   0,5
Na2SO4⋅10H2O (mg L−1)               179        
Na2HPO4 (mg L−1) 126       150   148 148 142   150  
NaH2PO4 (mg L−1)   142 142 144           144    
NaH2PO4⋅H2O (mg L−1)           1700           1,2
H3PO4 (mg L−1)           1200            
NaHCO3 (mg L−1) 2604 2604 2604 2268 2700 2300 2703 2700 2604 2268 2700 27
Na2CO3 (mg L−1)           630            
NaHC4H4O6⋅2H2O (sodium hydrogen tartrate dihydrate) (mg L−1)             180 180        
H2C6H5O7Na⋅2H2O (sodium dihydrogen citrate dihydrate) (mg L−1) 97 97 97       153 153       0,2
CH3CHOHCOONa (sodium citrate) (mg L−1) 574     52 160   175     52    
Citric acid⋅H2O (mg L 1)           420            
NaOCOCOCH3 (sodium pyruvate) (mg L−1)             0,72 172        
NH2CH2COOH (glycine) (Gly) (mg L− 1)       375 190 450 118 118   450 376 5
L-Cysteine (C3H7NO2S) (mg L−1)       121             122 1
DPPC (dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline) (C40H80NO8P) (mg L−1)     200   200       200   100  
CH3COONa⋅3H2O (sodium acetate trihydrate) (mg L−1)   953 953           952      
Sodium acetate (CH3COONa) (mg L−1)           580            
HOC (COONa) (CH2COONa)2⋅2H2O (sodium citrate dihydrate) (mg L−1)           590     97      
C3H5NaO3 (sodium lactate) (mg L−1)               290        
KCl (mg L−1)   298 298           298   298  
Potassium hydrogen phthalate (C8H5KO4) (mg L−1)           200            
C14H23N3O10 (DTPA) (pentetic acid) (mg L−1)       79               0,2
C21H38NCl (ABDAC) (mg L−1) (benzalkonium chloride)       50               50
Ascorbic acid (mg L−1)                     18  
Uric acid (mg L−1)                     16  
Glutathione (mg L−1)                     30  
Albumin (mg L−1)                     260  
Mucin (mg L−1)                     500  
pH (adjustment with HCl) 7.4     7.3   7.4 7.6   7.4 7.3 7.4  
Reference Colombo et al. (2008) Moss (1979); Ungaro et al. (2009) Yang et al. (2008) Wragg and Klinck (2007) Julien et al. (2011) Gray et al. (2010) Takaya et al. (2006) Taunton et al. (2010) Stopford et al. (2003) Kanapilly et al. (1973) Boisa et al. (2014) Cheng et al. (1997)