In order to assess the bioavailability of steroids from a high-viscosity gel, rabbit cornea and aqueous humor levels were measured over 12 hr following topical instillation of a gel and reference preparation. Concentrations associated with a 1% tritiated prednisolone acetate gel were found to be approximately four times larger than those of the reference preparation. A graphical comparison of the 1% tritiated prednisolone sodium phosphate data showed the area under corneal and aqueous time curves to be five and 10 times greater, respectively, with the gel than data associated with the reference preparation. The gel vehicle is well retained in the rabbit eye and is responsible for the large increases in bioavailability.
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January 2025
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Background: Most children experience distress while visiting a dentist, above which the sound of the airotor and suction machine results in fear and difficulty in performing further procedures.
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Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain.
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European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group on Clostridioides difficile (ESGCD); Experimental Bacteriology Research Group, Leiden University Center for Infectious Diseases (LUCID), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address:
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School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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