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August 14, 2023
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Anticipating APIs solubility in natural eutectic solvents: Lidocaine and caffeine case studies

Publicated to: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS. 387 122727- - 2023-10-01 387(), DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122727

Authors:

Santiago, R; de Miera, BS; González-Miquel, M; González, EJ; Rodríguez, M; Díaz, I
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Affiliations

Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Ingn Quim, Madrid 28049, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ingn Quim Ind & Medio Ambiente, ETSI Ind, C Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

The reduced solubility of some active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in water is a limiting factor for the development of new formulations. Therefore, the search of new compatible solvents would be convenient to overcome such limitation. Among this group, eutectic solvents stand out as good candidates. In this work, the systematic application of COSMO-RS as a predictive method to anticipate APIs solubility in systems involving natural eutectic solvents (NAESs) is presented. The methodology has been validated by using a collection of 50 APIs – NAESs systems from the literature. This predictive tool allowed the selection of four NAESs (reported in literature as natural eutectic mixtures) as good candidates to improve lidocaine and caffeine solubility in water and PEG 300 (benchmark solvents). The four NAESs candidates were prepared and experimentally characterized by means of density and viscosity measurements. Density values ranging from 1.0 to 1.3 g/mL and viscosities from 200 to 2,200 cP were found, with glycerol based NAESs as the most viscous systems. Solubility experiments were also carried out to analyze COSMO-RS predictions validity. Betaine: lactic acid and betaine: 1,2-propanediol are good candidates for lidocaine solutions, achieving 2,300 and 572 mg/mL values respectively, much higher than polyethylene glycol, PEG 300, (173 mg/mL), typically used as benchmark solvent. In the case of caffeine, proline:lactic acid was found as the best candidate with 30 mg/mL solubility (higher than water: 23 mg/mL and PEG 300: 18 mg/L). This work permits a systematic analysis of APIs solubility in NAESs (more than 80 systems reported) by using a total predictive tool (COSMO-RS predictions) to anticipate that promising solvents, with high solubilities for lidocaine and caffeine.
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Keywords

cosmo-rsnatural eutectic solventssolubilityApisCosmo-rsIonic liquidsNatural eutectic solventsSolubility

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 6/40, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-13:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 4
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-13:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 18 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Santiago R) and Last Author (DIAZ MORENO, FRANCISCO ISMAEL).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been DIAZ MORENO, FRANCISCO ISMAEL.

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