Development of an artificial lipid-based membrane sensor with high selectivity and sensitivity to the bitterness of drugs and with high correlation with sensory score

Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Hikari Hamada, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Kiyoshi Toko

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Abstract

This paper reports the development of membrane sensors based on an artificial lipid and plasticizers with high selectivity and sensitivity to drug bitterness by using bis(1-butylpentyl) adipate (BBPA), bis(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate (BEHS), phosphoric acid tris(2-ethylhexyl) ester (PTEH), and tributyl o-acetylcitrate (TBAC) as a plasticizer and phosphoric acid di-n-decyl ester (PADE) as an artificial lipid to optimize surface hydrophobicity of the sensors. In addition, a sensor with highly correlated bitterness sensory score was developed by blending BBPA and TBAC to detect the bitterness suppression effect of sucrose, and other bitter-masking materials. Therefore, this sensor can be used to evaluate the bitterness of various drug formulations with high accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)710-719
Number of pages10
JournalIEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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