EP1605923A2 - Mssn dispersion and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to membrane-structured solid nanoparticles that have an average particle diameter ranging from 10 to 10000 nm, that are solid at 25 DEG C and that comprise a combination of active substance carrier particles and emulsifiers in such a manner that membranes penetrating the entire nanoparticles are formed so that emulsifiers are present in the interior and on the surface of the nanoparticles. The invention also relates to a method for producing an aqueous substance carrying dispersion in which solid active substance carrier particles on a wax, polymer or lipid basis having an average diameter ranging from 10 to 10000 nm are present. Said particles contain at least one pharmaceutical, cosmetic and/or food technological active substance. The dispersion is produced by a) mixing, at a temperature above the melting or softening point of the active substance carrier, the active substance comprising the active substance carrier on a wax, polymer or lipid basis with at least one emulsifier that leads in step b) to the formation of a lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase and forming a phase B, b) mechanically mixing, at a temperature above the melting or softening point of the active substance carrier, phase B with an aqueous phase A that may contain an emulsifier, the weight ratio of phase B to phase A being 1:5 to 5:1, without using high-pressure homogenization, and forming a lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase, c) diluting, to a desired final concentration of the dispersion, the mixed phase with an aqueous phase that may contain an emulsifier, at a temperature of the aqueous phase that is below the melting or softening point of the active substance carrier while stirring and without using high-pressure homogenization.

Description

 MSSN dispersion and process for its preparation

The invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous active substance carrier dispersion, such a dispersion and medicaments, cosmetics or food additives containing the same. The active substance carrier is membrane-structured solid nanoparticles (MSSN).

Pharmaceutical, cosmetic and / or food technology active ingredients are often encapsulated in active ingredient carriers in order to achieve a targeted release of the active ingredient or its protection against chemical decomposition. The active substance carrier can be adapted to the respective application and allows a suitable dosage and release of the active substance. Solid lipid nanoparticles, also known as SLN (solid lipid nanoparticles), have been developed in the past. They represent an alternative carrier system to emulsions and liposomes. The nanoparticles can contain hydrophilic or hydrophobic active pharmaceutical ingredients and can be administered orally or parenterally. Nanoparticles with an average particle diameter in the range from 50 nm to 1 μm are usually used. In contrast to the known emulsions, a solid lipid is used as the matrix material. To ensure a high level of bio-acceptance and good in-vivo degradability, predominantly physiologically compatible lipids or lipids from physiological components such as glycerides from the body's own fatty acids are used. Emulsifiers or surfactants are usually used in the manufacture. The production takes place by high pressure homogenization. The lipid used as the matrix is melted and a pharmaceutical active ingredient is dissolved or dispersed in the melt. The active substance-containing melt is usually dispersed with an aqueous surfactant solution at the same temperature with stirring. The dispersion thus obtained is then homogenized in a high-pressure homogenizer, for example a piston-gap homogenizer, at pressures in the range from 200 to 1500 bar in the hot state. An emulsion is formed, the lipid phase of which recrystallizes to solid lipid nanoparticles when cooled. Alternatively, cold homogenization can be carried out, in which the active pharmaceutical ingredient is in turn introduced into a molten lipid phase. The mixed phase obtained is then cooled and the solid is ground to a grain size in the range from 50 to 100 μm. The lipid particles thus obtained are then dispersed in a cold surfactant solution, and the dispersion obtained is then homogenized under high pressure.

A method for producing SLN dispersions is described, for example, in EP-B-0 167 825. The lipid nanopellets described there are used as a carrier system for pharmaceuticals for oral use. The lipid nanopellets are produced by dispersing the melted lipid with water using a high-speed stirrer. The desired particle size distribution is then set by an ultrasound treatment. The stirring usually takes place at speeds in the range of 20,000 min ^'1. The obtained particles have average particle diameters in the range of 100 to 1000 nm.

EP-B 0 605 497 describes drug carriers made of solid lipid particles (solid lipid nanospheres (SLN)). The production is carried out by high pressure homogenization or high pressure dispersion at pressures from 500 to 1550 bar. A gap homogenizer or a high-speed homogenizer, for example, are used as the high-pressure linearizer. Predispersion is usually carried out using a rotor-stator disperser.

A similar process is described in US 5,885,486. Solid lipid particles distributed colloidally are produced by high-pressure homogenization of a lipid melt with an aqueous phase. Again, pressures of 500 bar or more are used.

An overview of the use of solid lipid nanoparticles as carriers for pharmaceutical and cosmetic active ingredients can be found in J. Microencapsulation, 1999, Vol. 16, No. 6, pages 751 to 767. It is described in particular how vitamin E is introduced into SLN systems. It is described that the introduction into solid lipid nanoparticles improves the penetration and effect of vitamin E on the skin.

In J. Cosmet. Sci., 52, pages 313 to 324 describe the occlusion effects of solid lipid nanoparticles. In particular, the effect of skin moisturizing is examined. An SLN formulation that contains 40% cetyl palmitate and 5% surfactant in water. holds, was carried out by high-speed stirring, see formulation CPe in Table I. An average particle diameter of 3 μm was found, see Table π.

The production of solid lipid nanoparticles with a small average particle diameter according to the prior art is complex since high-pressure homogenizers generally have to be used. By simply stirring at high speeds, only relatively large average particle diameters of 3 μm can be achieved. The loading capacity of the lipid particles is restricted and the morphology of the particles is not always easy to control. Targeted surface modifications are difficult to achieve.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel system of solid nanoparticles which are more loadable than known nanoparticles, allow a larger selection of active substance carriers and surfactants and can be present in dispersions in high concentrations, and a method for producing a solid nanoparticle dispersion , which avoids the disadvantages of the known methods and is inexpensive to carry out. In particular, small particle diameters are to be obtained with little mechanical mixing effort. In addition, novel solid-nanoparticle dispersions are to be provided which, like the nanoparticles, are particularly highly loadable, allow a wide range of active substance carriers and emulsifiers and allow surface modifications.

The object is achieved according to the invention by a method for producing an aqueous substance carrier dispersion which contains in particular membrane-structured solid nanoparticles in which solid active substance carrier particles based on wax, polymer or lipid are present with an average diameter in the range from 10 to 10,000 nm , which contain at least one pharmaceutical, cosmetic and / or food technology active ingredient, perfume or flavoring, by

a) Mixing the active ingredient with the active ingredient carrier based on wax, polymer or lipid and at least one emulsifier, which leads in step b) to the formation of a lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase, at a temperature above the melting or softening point of the active ingredient carrier, to form a phase B

b) mechanical mixing of phase B with an aqueous phase A, which may contain an emulsifier, at a temperature above the melting or expansion point. point of the active ingredient carrier, the weight ratio of phase B to phase A being 1: 5 to 5: 1, without high-pressure homogenization, to form a preferably gel-like, lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase,

c) Diluting the mixed phase with an aqueous phase, which may contain an emulsifier, at a temperature of the aqueous phase which is below the melting or softening point of the active ingredient carrier, for example at least 5 ° C. below, preferably at least 15 ° C. below, below Stirring and without high pressure homogenization, to a desired final concentration of the dispersion.

It was found according to the invention that aqueous active substance carrier dispersions in which solid active substance carrier particles based on lipids with an average diameter in the range from 10 to 1000 nm are present can be advantageously prepared if a lipid melt with an aqueous phase heated to the same temperature in a certain weight ratio of 1: 5 to 5: 1, is mixed. The mixing can be achieved by conventional mechanical stirrers which have the stirring power of a household mixer (mixer) (or household kitchen stirrer). In the laboratory, for example, it was possible to achieve a sufficient stirring effect with a Braun® kitchen mixer that has a mixing head in the form of a two-bladed propeller with a total diameter of 50 mm. The mixing propeller was surrounded by a protective ring with a diameter of 63 mm. The maximum power consumption of the kitchen mixer was 350 W. It was the MR 550, Type 4189.

The mechanical mixing in stage b) and the stirring in stage c) are preferably carried out using stirrers which have a peripheral speed in the range from 1 to 20 ms, particularly preferably 1 to 3 m / s.

The shear effect of the stirrer preferably corresponds to the shear effect of a household kitchen stirrer or mixer, as is customary in the trade and has been described above.

By maintaining the quantitative ratio of phases A and B, a very strong mixing effect can be achieved even with the entry of low shear energies.

Without being bound by any theory, the lyotropic liquid-crystalline microemulsion obtained when phase B is mixed with aqueous phase A can be understood as a system of two interpenetrating networks, so that the microemulsion is shows phase behavior. The microemulsion has a low shear viscosity.

The weight ratio of phase B to phase A in stage b) is preferably 1: 2 to 2: 1, particularly preferably 1: 1.5 to 1.5: 1.

The object is further achieved according to the invention by membrane-structured solid nanoparticles with an average particle diameter in the range from 10 to 10,000 nm, which are solid at 25 ° C. and have a combination of active ingredient carrier particles and emulsifiers in such a way that membranes are formed which form the entire Penetrate nanoparticles so that emulsifiers are present inside and on the surface of the nanoparticles.

There are preferably essentially no areas without a membrane structure over the cross section of the nanoparticles. The membranes are preferably formed in a lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase which is itself emulsifying in the presence of water.

In contrast to the known SLN, emulsifiers are present in the interior of the particles in the nanoparticles according to the invention. The entire particles are made up of a membrane or membranes, while in SLN a solid core of the active ingredient carrier is surrounded by an emulsifier layer. The nanoparticles thus have a uniform structure made up of membrane structures, regardless of the observation scale. The membrane-structured solid nanoparticles (MSSN) can be produced according to the invention by the method described above. Compared to the SLN, they are characterized by a membrane structure that penetrates the entire particle. This means that there is a much larger membrane area in which the active ingredient can be incorporated. According to the invention, large amounts of pharmaceutical, cosmetic and / or food technology active ingredients can thus be introduced into the membranes or into the nanoparticles. For example, amounts of up to 70% by weight, preferably up to 60% by weight, based on the loaded nanoparticles, can be introduced. The active ingredients are not only stored in the surface area of the nanoparticles in the membranes, but also throughout the particles. This enables a very targeted release of active ingredients, even over a longer period of time. The nanoparticles or lipid particles thus represent a membrane that penetrates the entire particle. This mutual penetration is characteristic of the MSSN according to the invention. Membrane structuring can be achieved by known liquid-crystalline systems, such as lamellar, hexagonal or cubic liquid-crystalline systems.

The liquid-crystalline mixed phase is usually anisotropic and therefore cloudy or opaque.

The membrane-structured or lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase has self-emulsifying properties in the presence of water, i.e. an emulsification process takes place spontaneously at the interface with water. Even with a high lipid load, the membrane-structured or lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase shows electrical conductivity. In the preparation according to the process described above, a liquid-crystalline gel state is run through before or during the dilution with water. The dispersions obtained in the manufacturing process are free flowing in a wide weight range of the MSSN phase. For example, dispersions with up to 60% by weight MSSN phase, based on the entire dispersion, are free-flowing. Free-flowing dispersions with, for example, 40 to 60% by weight MSSN phase can thus be produced.

The MSSN can be loaded with a wide variety of active ingredients, as explained in more detail below. The maximum achievable degree of loading depends, among other things. from the melting point of the loading substance (active substance). If the active substance has a high solubility in the active substance carrier, high degrees of loading can be achieved.

The MSSN according to the invention have a number of advantages. Active substances can be released in a targeted and delayed manner. Both the particle size and the release behavior can be controlled during production.

When applied to the skin, the penetration of the active substance into the skin can be increased by the "plaster effect". The skin is swollen, the pores open and the active substance can be infiltrated. With the MSSN it is possible to prevent transepidermal water loss to diminish.

A large number of emulsifiers or surfactants can be used to produce the MSSN. In principle (almost) all conventional surfactants can be used in part in a suitable combination.

Furthermore, it is possible according to the invention to achieve surface modification in the MSSN with the aid of surfactants. Through use or subsequent application In addition to anionic, cationic, amphoteric surfactants or other surfactants, the charge ratios and surface structures of the active ingredient carrier can be changed in a targeted manner, thus optimizing its adsorption behavior.

In particular, it is possible according to the invention to use pharmaceutically acceptable or food-law approved emulsifiers.

The emulsifier concentration can be controlled down to the lowest concentrations. For example, it is possible, based on the active ingredient carrier, to use a maximum of 5% by weight, particularly preferably a maximum of 3% by weight of surfactant, the lower limit of the amount of surfactant being about 0.05% by weight, depending on the field of application.

The MSSN dispersions according to the invention are stable on storage and flowable very well even at high nanoparticle concentrations.

Hydrocoloids can also be used to stabilize or modify the interfaces.

The solid form of the particles and the inclusion of the active substances within the particles protect the enclosed active substances from oxidative degradation, since the entry of oxygen is greatly reduced.

The MSSN according to the invention can interact with membrane-active emulsion droplets under certain circumstances by mass transfer via the aqueous phase. This means a reversal of the Ostwald ripening principle. This interaction can be used to advantage for the application properties.

Compared to SLN technology, the selection of surfactants and usable wax or lipid structures is greatly expanded. Surface modifications are also possible. As already mentioned, the MSSN are easy to manufacture and highly loadable. Regardless of the active ingredient carrier, the properties can be adapted to the respective requirements. Different active substances can, for example, also be introduced into the active substance carrier phase via an alcoholic, for example ethanolic solution or phase and can be specifically stored. In the MSSN according to the invention, both hydrophobic, amphiphilic and hydrophilic active substances can be incorporated at the same time, since the membrane structures have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions.

1 shows the dependence of the viscosity n on the phase volume f of the internal phase. While in the conventional production of emulsions far below the maximum internal phase volume f max in an emulsion, i.e. a 2- or 3-phase system is used, the process according to the invention is carried out slightly above this range, so that a mixed lyotropic liquid-crystalline phase is achieved.

The active ingredient carriers, suitable emulsifiers which form lamellar fractures, suitable pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food technology active ingredients and further possible ingredients of the aqueous active ingredient dispersion are explained in more detail below.

Particles based on lipids are preferably used as drug carrier particles. These include lipids and lipid-like structures. Examples of suitable lipids are the di- and triglycerides of the saturated straight-chain fatty acids with 12 to 30 carbon atoms, such as lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid, melesic acid, and their esters with other saturated fatty alcohols 4 to 22, preferably 12 to 22 carbon atoms such as lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, saturated wax alcohols with 24 to 30 carbon atoms such as lignoceryl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol. Di-, triglycerides, fatty alcohols, their esters or ethers, waxes, lipid peptides or mixtures thereof are preferred. In particular, synthetic di- and triglycerides are used as individual substances or in the form of a mixture, for example in the form of a hard fat. Glycerol trifatty acid esters are, for example, glycerol trilaurate, glycerol trimyristate, glycerol tripalmitate, glycerol tristearate or glycerol tribehenate. Waxes which can be used according to the invention are natural waxes, such as vegetable waxes, animal waxes, mineral waxes and petrochemical waxes, chemically modified waxes, such as hard waxes, and synthetic waxes. Suitable waxes can be referred to Römpp Chemielexikon, 9th edition, keyword "waxes". Suitable waxes are, for example, bees, carnauba, candelilla wax, paraffin waxes, isoparaffin waxes, rice wax. Suitable waxes are, for example, cetyl palmitate and cera alba ( bleached wax, DA 9) Suitable esters are also derived, for example, from branched-chain fatty acids and fatty alcohols, gly- cerin, sorbitan, propylene glycol, methylglycoside, citric acid, tartaric acid, mellic acid. Ceramides, phythosphingosides, cholesterol and phythosterols can also be used.

Polymers such as silicone waxes and PVP derivatives can also be used. These are, for example, alkyl-substituted PVP derivatives, for example tricontanyl-PVP, PVP-hexadecene copolymer, PVP eicose copolymer. These can be used, for example, alone or as admixtures with the lipids as carrier materials.

It is also possible to use liquid, semi-solid and / or solid urethane derivatives, such as those sold by ALZO International Inc. These include, for example, fatty alcohol (branched) dimer / IPDI, fatty alcohol (linear) dimer / IPDI, ethoxylated fatty alcohol (shown) dimer / IPDI, ethoxylated fatty alcohol (linear) dimer / IPDI, dimethiconol / EPDI copolymers, triglyceride ester (hydrogenated) / _ PDI copolymers, ethoxylated triglyceride esters (hydrogenated) / IPDI copolymers, aminated ethoxylated and non-ethoxylated triglyceride esters / IPDI copolymers ,

The amount of the active ingredient carrier particles, based on the total aqueous active ingredient carrier dispersion, is preferably 0.1 to 70% by weight, particularly preferably 1 to 60% by weight, for example 0.1 to 30 or 1 to 10% by weight. %. In addition to the lipids, dispersion stabilizers can be used. For example, they can be used in amounts of 0.01 to 20% by weight, preferably 0.05 to 5% by weight. Examples of suitable substances are surfactants, in particular alcyl lactylates such as stearoyl lactylate, isethinonates, alkyl sulfates such as sodium cetyl sulfate, diarnide ether sulfates, alkyl polyglycosides, phosphoric acid esters such as sodium isotridecyl phosphate, taurates, sulfosuccinate, alkyl polyglycosides, sodium lauryl acrylate, alkyl sulfate aminate such as poloxamers and poloxamines), polyglycerol ethers and esters, lecithins of various origins (for example egg or soy lecithin), chemically modified lecithins (for example hydrogenated lecithin) as well as phospholipids and sphingolipids, mixtures of lecithins with phospholipids, sterols (for example Cholesterol and cholesterol derivatives and stigmasterol), esters and ethers of sugars or sugar alcohols with fatty acids or fatty alcohols (for example sucrose monostearate), sterically stabilizing substances such as polo xamers and poloxamines (polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block polymers), ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid esters, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, ethoxylated lipids and lipoids, ethoxylated fatty alcohols or fatty acids and charge stabilizers or charge carriers such as dicetyl phosphate, phosphatidylglycerol and saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, sodium cholate, sodium glycol cholate, sodium taurocholate or their mixtures, amino acids or peptizers such as sodium citrate (see JS Lucks, BW Müller, RH Müller, Int. J. Pharmaceutics 63, pages 183 to 18 (1990)), viscosity-increasing substances such as Cellulose ethers and esters (for example methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose), polyvinyl derivatives such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, alginates, polyacrylates (for example Carbopol), xanthans and pectins.

Water, aqueous solutions or mixtures of water with water-miscible liquids such as glycerol or polyethylene glycol can be used as the aqueous phase A. Further additional components for the aqueous phase are, for example, mannose, glucose, fructose, xylose, trehalose, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol or other polyols such as polyethylene glycol and electrolytes such as sodium chloride. These additional components can be used in an amount of 1 to 60% by weight, for example 1 to 30% by weight, based on the aqueous phase A.

If desired, substances which increase the viscosity or charge carriers can also be used, as described in EP-B-0 605 497. Examples of thickeners which can be used are polysaccharides, polyalkyl acrylates, polyalkylcianoacrylates, polyalkylvinylpyrrolidones, acrylic polymers, polylactic acids or polylactides.

Natural or synthetic products can be used as emulsifiers, which form lyotropic LC structures or lamellar structures. The use of surfactant mixtures is also possible. Examples of suitable emulsifiers are the physiological bile salts such as sodium cholate, sodium dehydrocholate, sodium deoxycholate, sodium glycolate, sodium taurocholate. Animal and vegetable phospholipids such as lecithins with their hydrogenated forms and polypeptides such as gelatin with their modified forms can also be used.

Suitable synthetic surface-active substances are the salts of sulfosuccinic acid esters, polyoxyethylene acid betan esters, acid betan esters and sorbitan ethers, polyoxyethylene fatty alcohol ethers, polyoxyethylene stearic acid esters and corresponding mixture condensates of polyoxyethylene methpolyoxypropylene ethers, ethoxylated saturated glycerides and partial fatty acid glycerides. Examples of suitable surfactants are Biobase ^® EP and Ceralution ^® H. Examples of suitable emulsifiers are also glycerol esters, polyglycerol esters, sorbitan esters, sorbitol esters, fatty alcohols, propylene glycol esters, alkyl glucose esters, sugar esters, lecithin, silicone copolymers, wool wax and mixtures or derivatives thereof. Glycerol esters, polyglycerol esters, alkoxylates and fatty alcohols and iso alcohols can be derived, for example, from castor fatty acid, 12-hydroxystearic acid, isostearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, stearic acid, myristic acid, lauric acid and capric acid. In addition to the esters mentioned, succinates, a ide or ethanolamides of the fatty acids can also be present. Suitable fatty acid alkoxylates are, in particular, the ethoxylates, propoxylates or mixed ethoxylates / propoxylates. Silicone surfactants such as silicone copolyols and silicone betaines can also be used.

According to the invention, preference is given to using emulsifier systems whose mixtures of co-emulsifiers (gel network formers such as fatty alcohols, fatty acids, sorbitan esters, etc.) and special surfactants form myellin structures at the interface with water. Suitable surfactants include, for example, polyglycerol-10-tricaprylate, polyglycerol-10-trilaurate, polyglycerol-2-oleate, sodium lauroyl lactylate, sodium cocoyl lactylate and glyceryl cocoate citrate lactylate.

Balanced complex emulsifiers can also preferably be used.

The optimal ratio of hydrophilic surfactant to co-emulsifier for the production of MSSN is preferably higher than the optimal ratio for gel network formation.

Waxes / polymers / lipids and emulsifiers are preferably used in a weight ratio of 50: 1 to 2: 1, preferably 15: 1 to 30: 1.

The pharmaceutical, cosmetic and / or food technology active ingredients, based on phase B, are preferably used in an amount of 0.1 to 70% by weight, particularly preferably 1 to 10% by weight.

The following are examples of active pharmaceutical ingredients that can be used, for example, in free form, as a salt, ester or ether:

Analgesics / anti-rheumatic drugs, such as morphine, copdein, piritamide, fentanyl and fentanyl derivatives, leyomethadone, tramadol, diclofenac, ibuprofen, üidometacin, naproxen, piroxicam, penicillamine; Antiallergics, such as pheniramine, dimetinden, terfenadine, asternizole, Loratidine, doxylamine, meclozin, bamipin, clemastine; Antibiotics / chemotherapeutics, such as polypeptide antibiotics such as colistin, polymyxin B, teicplanin, vancomycin; Antimalarials such as quinine, halofantrine, mefloquine, chloroquine, antivirals such as ganciclovir, foscarnet, zidovudine, aciclovir and others such as dapsone, fosfomycin, fusafungin, trimetoprim; Anti-epileptics, such as phenytoin, mesuximide, ethosuximide, primidone, phenobarbital, valproic acid, carbamazepine, clonazepam; Antifungal agents, such as internally: nystatin, natarrycin, amphotericin B, flucytoan, miconazole, fluconazole, itraconazole; external also: clotrimazole, econazole, tioconazole, fenticonazole, bifonazole, oxiconazole, ketoconazole, isoconazole, tlnattat; Corticoids (internals) such as aldosterone fludrocortisone, betametasone, dexametasone, triamcinolone, fluocortolone, hydroxycortisone, prednisolone, prednylidene, cloprednol, methylprednisolone; Dermatics, such as antibiotics: tetracycline, erythromycin, neomycin, gentamycin, clindamiycin, framycetin, tyrothricin, chlorotetracycline, mipirocin, fusidic acid; Antivirals as above, also: podohyllotoxin, vidarabine, tromanatin; Corticoids as above, in addition: amcinonide, fluprednides, alclometasone, clobetasol, diflorasone, halcinonide, fluocinolone, clocortolone, flumetasone, difluocortolone, fludroxycortide, halometasone, deoximtasone, flocinbutidon, desulfonidone, fluocinolidide, desoconidide, fluocinolidone, desoconidide, fluocinolidone, desoconidide, fluocinolidide, desoconidide, Diagnostics, such as radioactive isotopes such as Te99m, Inlll or 1131, covalently bound to lipids or lipoids or other molecules or in complexes, highly substituted iodine-containing compounds such as lipids; Hemostatic agents such as bleeding factors VDI, IX; Hypnotics, sedatives, such as cyclobarbital, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, methaqualon, benzodiazepines (flurazepam, midazolam, netrazepam, lorta tazepam, flunitrazepam, trazolam, breadizolam, temazepam, loprazolam); Pituitary, hypothalamic hormones, regulatory peptides and their inhibitors, such as corticotrophin, tetracosactide, chorionic gonadotropin, urofollitropin, urogonadotropin, somatropin, meterolin, bromocriptine, terlipressin, desmopressin, oxrtocin, argipresselin, orinipresselin, oriniparelin, oriniparelin, oriniparelin, orinipressin, orinocarcinol, orinipresselin, orinipressin, orinocarcinol, orinipressin, orinocarcinol, orinipressin, orinocarcinol Goselerin, somatostatin; Immunotherapeutics and cytokines, such as dimepranol-4-acetate amidobenzoate, thymopentin, α-interferon, β-interferon, filgrastim, interleukins, azathioprine, ciclosporin; Lokala aesthetics, such as internally: butanilicain, mepivacaine, bupivacaine, etidocaine, lidocaine, articaine, pricocaine; external also: propipocaine, oxybuprocain, etracaine, benzocaine; Migraine agents, such as Proxibarbal, Lisurid, Methysergid, Dihydroergotamin, Clonidin, Ergotamin, Pizotifen; Anesthetics, such as methohexital, propofol, etomidate, ketamine, alfentanil, thiopental, droperidol, fentanyl; Parathyroid hormones, calcium metabolism regulators, such as dihydrotachysterol, calcitonin, clodronic acid, etidronic acid; Opthalmic drugs, such as atropine, cyclodrine, cyclopentolate, homatropin, tronicamide, scopolamine, pholedrine, edoxudine, idouridine, tromantadine, aciclovir, acetazolamide, diclofenamide, carteolol, timolol, metripranolol, betaxolol, levolololunololololunolunolunolunolol, bolololunolunolol, bolololunolunol, bolololunolunol - pin, clonidine, neostigmine; Psychotropic drugs such as benzodiazepne (lorazepam, diazepam), clomethiazole; Thyroid therapeutics, such as 1-thyroxine, carbirnazole, thiamazole, propylthiouracil; Sera, immunoglobulins, vaccines, such as general and specific immunoglobulins such as hepatitis types, rubella, cytomegalovirus, rabies; TBE, varicella zoster, tetanus, rhesus factors,

Immune sera such as botulism antitoxin, diphtheria, gas fire, snake venom, scorpion venom, vaccines such as influenza, tuberculosis cholera, diphtheria, hepatitis types, TBE, rubella, hemophilus influenzae, measles, Neisseria, mumps, poliomyelitis, tetutus, tetanus, tetanus Sex hormones and their inhibitors, such as anabolic steroids, androgens, antiandrogens, progestogens, estrogens, antiestrogens (tamoxifen etc.); Cystostatics and metastasis inhibitors, such as alkylating agents such as nimustine, melphalan, carmustine, lomustine, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, trofosfamide, chlorambucil, busulfan, treosulfan, predninmustine, thiotepa, antimetabolites such as cytarabine, huorouratacin, mercurinininininininoginininogininininuininininininuinininuinininininuinininuinininuinininuininuininininininuinininuininininininu , Vindesin; Antibiotics such as aclarubicin, bleomycin, dactomycin, daunorubicin, epirabicin, idarabicin, mitomycin, plicamycin,

Complexes of minor group elements (for example Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Pt) such as carboplatin, cisplatin and metallocene compounds such as titanocene dichloride, amsacrine, dacarbazine, estramustine, etoposide, hydroxycarbamide, mitoxynthrone, procarbazine, temposide, alkylamidophosphol, alkylamidophosphol (described in JM Zeidler, F. Emling, W. Zimmermann and HJ Roth, Archiv der Pharmazie, 324 (1991), 687), ether lipids such as hexadecylphosphocholine, umofosin and analogs, described in R. Zeisig, D. Arndt and H. Brachwitz, Pharmazie 45 (1990), 809 to 818.

Suitable active ingredients are, for example, dichlorophenac, ibuprofen, acetylsalicylic acid, salicylic acid, erythromycin, ketoprofen, cortisone and glucocorticoids.

Also suitable are cosmetic active ingredients that are particularly sensitive to oxidation or hydrolysis, such as polyphenols. Catechins (such as epicatechin, epicatechin-3-gallate, epigallocatechin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate), flavonoids (such as luteolin, apigenin, rutin, quercitin, fisetin, kaempherol, rhametin), isoflavones (such as genistein, glycine, daidzein) Prunetin), coumarins (such as daphnetin, umbelliferon), Emodin, Resveratrol, Oregonin.

Vitamins such as retinol, tocopherol, ascorbic acid, riboflavin, pyridoxine are suitable.

Also suitable are total extracts from plants which contain, inter alia, the above molecules or classes of molecules. According to one embodiment of the invention, the active ingredients are light protection filters. These can be in the form of organic light protection filters at room temperature (25 ° C) in liquid or solid form. Suitable light protection filters (UV filters) are, for example, compounds based on benzophenone, diphenyl cyanoacrylate or p-aminobenzoic acid. Specific examples are (INCI or CTFA names) benzophenone-3, benzophenone-4, benzophenone-2, benzophenone-6, benzophenone-9, benzophenone-1, benzophenone-11, etocrylene, octocrylene, PEG-25 PABA, Phenylbenzimidazoles Sulfonic Acid, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Ethylhexyl Dimethyl PABA, 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Homosalate as well as Methylene-Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol (2,2'-Methiaz- 2-yl) -4- (1, 1, 3,3-tetramethylbutyl) phenol}, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone-5-sulfonic acid and 2,4,6-trianilino-p- (carbo-2'- ethylhexyl-1 'oxi) - 1,3,5-triazine.

Other organic light protection filters are octyl triazone, avobenzone, octyl methoxycinamate, octyl salicylate, benzotriazole and triazine.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, anti-dandruff active ingredients are used as active ingredients, as are customary in cosmetic or pharmaceutical

Formulations are available. An example of this is piroctone olamine (l-hydroxy-4-methyl-6- (2 ₅ 4 ₃ 4-dimethylpentyl) -2 (1H) -pyridone; preferably in combination with 2-

Aminoethanol (1: 1)). Other suitable agents for the treatment of skin flakes are known to the person skilled in the art.

In addition, all oxidation-sensitive active ingredients such as, for example, come as active ingredients

Tocopherol.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, organic dyes are used as active substances or instead of active substances.

Other suitable active ingredients are insect repellants and in the field of food technology, odorants and flavors. Suitable odorants and flavors are known to the person skilled in the art.

Furthermore, pigment-like inorganic solids such as TiO ₂ and ZnO can also be incorporated into the active substance carrier. A unilamellar or multilamellar system or a lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase can be formed by the emulsifiers.

The average diameter of the active ingredient particles is preferably 50 to 1000 nm, particularly preferably 100 to 500 nm.

The invention also relates to an aqueous active substance carrier dispersion which can be obtained by the above process.

The invention also relates to a method for producing a multiple dispersion by mixing a dispersion which has been prepared as described above with a further polyol or oil phase. The invention also relates to a correspondingly produced multiple dispersion. Multiple emulsions are described, for example, in DE-A-43 41 113.

The invention further relates to pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or food additives which contain a dispersion or multiple dispersion as described above.

Further ingredients of the aqueous active substance carrier dispersions prepared according to the invention are described in EP-B-0 605 497, EP-B-0 167 825 and US 5,885,486. In particular for suitable stabilizing substances and charge stabilizers, reference is made to EP-B-0 605 497.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the active substance carrier dispersions are prepared with the exclusion of the use of halogenated organic solvents.

The medicinal products can be administered by intravenous administration, intramuscular administration, intraartricular administration, intracavital administration, subcutaneous administration, intradermal administration, enteral administration, pulmonary administration and topical or ophthalmic application.

The invention is illustrated by the examples below.

Examples

The following compounds were used in the examples below:

The aqueous active substance carrier dispersion was prepared by separately heating phases A and B described below to 60 ° C. Phase B was then stirred into phase A, and the mixture was homogenized using a Braun kitchen mixer (maximum power consumption 350 W) with a stirring blade diameter of 50 mm until the droplet size was below 350 nm. Then at room temperature phase C, the room temperature, added to the hot emulsion. This was again stirred with a Braun kitchen mixer.

The last three lines of the following tables show the mean particle diameter, the weight fraction of particles with a diameter of less than 1 μm and the specific surface area (cm / cm). The compositions of the individual phases and the parameters mentioned can be found in the tables below.

Claims

claims

1. A process for the preparation of an aqueous substance carrier dispersion in which solid active substance carrier particles based on wax, polymer or lipid with an average diameter in the range from 10 to 10000 nm are present, which have at least one pharmaceutical, cosmetic and / or food technology active substance, Contain perfume or flavoring

a) mixing the active ingredient with the active ingredient carrier based on wax, polymer or lipid and at least one emulsifier which leads in step b) to the formation of a lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase, at a temperature above the melting or softening point of the active ingredient carrier, to form phase B,

b) mechanical mixing of phase B with an aqueous phase A, which may contain an emulsifier, at a temperature above the melting or softening point of the active ingredient carrier, the weight ratio of phase B to phase A being 1: 5 to 5: 1, without high-pressure homogeneity nisierang, to form a, preferably gel-like, lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase,

c) Diluting the mixed phase with an aqueous phase, which may contain an emulsifier, at a temperature of the aqueous phase which is below the melting or softening point of the active ingredient carrier, with stirring and without high pressure homogenization, to a desired final concentration of the dispersion.

2. The method according spoke 1, characterized in that the mechanical Verrni- see in stage b) and the stirring in stage c) with stirrers which have a peripheral speed in the range of 1 to 20 m / s.

3. The method according spoke 2, characterized in that the shear effect of the stirrer corresponds to the shear effect of a household kitchen stirrer.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that in stage b) the weight ratio of phase B to phase A is 1: 2 to 2: 1.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the active ingredient carrier particles on di-, triglycerides, fatty alcohols, their esters or

Ethers, waxes, lipid peptides or mixtures thereof.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the average diameter of the drug carrier particles is 50 to 1000 nm.

7. Aqueous active substance carrier dispersion, obtainable by a process according to one of claims 1 to 6.

8. A process for producing a multiple dispersion by mixing a dispersion which has been prepared by a process according to any one of claims 1 to 6 with a further polyol or oil phase.

9. Multiple dispersion, obtainable by a process according to spoke 8.

10. Medicaments, cosmetics or food additives containing a dispersion according to spoke 7 or a multiple dispersion according to claim 9.

11. Membrane-structured solid nanoparticles with an average particle diameter in the range from 10 to 10,000 nm, which are solid at 25 ° C. and have a combination of active ingredient carrier particles and emulsifiers in such a way that membranes are formed which penetrate the entire nanoparticles so that emulsifiers are present inside and on the surface of the nanoparticles.

12. Nanoparticles according to spoke 11, characterized in that there are essentially no areas without a membrane structure over the cross section of the nanoparticles.

13. Nanoparticles according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the membrane is formed in a lyotropic liquid-crystalline mixed phase which is self-emulsifying in the presence of water.

14. Nanoparticles according to one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that they are loaded with at least one pharmaceutical, cosmetic and / or food technology active ingredient in an amount of up to 60% by weight, based on the loaded nanoparticles.

15. Nanoparticles according spoke 14, characterized in that they are loaded with sunscreen.

16. Nanoparticles according to one of claims 1 to 15, producible according to one of the methods according to one of claims 1 to 6.