Controlled release and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition properties of an antihypertensive drug based on a perindopril erbumine-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite

Samer Hasan Hussein Al Ali¹, Mothanna Al-Qubaisi², Mohd Zobir Hussein^1,3, Maznah Ismail^2,4, Zulkarnain Zainal¹, Muhammad Nazrul Hakim^5
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, ²Laboratory of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioscience, ³Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Technology, ⁴Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, ⁵Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Background: The intercalation of perindopril erbumine into Zn/Al-NO₃-layered double hydroxide resulted in the formation of a host-guest type of material. By virtue of the ion-exchange properties of layered double hydroxide, perindopril erbumine was released in a sustained manner. Therefore, this intercalated material can be used as a controlled-release formulation.
Results: Perindopril was intercalated into the interlayers and formed a well ordered, layered organic-inorganic nanocomposite. The basal spacing of the products was expanded to 21.7 Å and 19.9 Å by the ion-exchange and coprecipitation methods, respectively, in a bilayer and a monolayer arrangement, respectively. The release of perindopril from the nanocomposite synthesized by the coprecipitation method was slower than that of its counterpart synthesized by the ion-exchange method. The rate of release was governed by pseudo-second order kinetics. An in vitro antihypertensive assay showed that the intercalation process results in effectiveness similar to that of the antihypertensive properties of perindopril.
Conclusion: Intercalated perindopril showed better thermal stability than its free counterpart. The resulting material showed sustained-release properties and can therefore be used as a controlled-release formulation.

Keywords: perindopril erbumine, layered double hydroxides, ion-exchange, coprecipitation, sustained release, angiotensin-converting enzyme

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