Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To prepare etoposide liposomes and optimize the preparation parameters. METHODS Box-Behnken design was employed to optimize the cholesterol-hydrogenated phospholipids(A), phospholipid concentration of liposome solution(B) and the ratio of etoposide liposomes to hydrogenated phospholipids(C) to obtain a high entrapment efficiency(Y
1), loading content(Y
2), and overall desirability (Y
3) of etoposide liposomes by the film-dispersion method with high pressure homogenization. RESULTS The optimum conditions were A of 0.49, B of 4.96% and C of 0.15. Under these conditions, the entrapment efficiency was 82.6%, loading content was 11.4% and the average particle size was 132.5 nm. CONCLUSION Box-Behnken design plays an important role in optimization experiments leading to robust results supporting high quality of etoposide liposomes.