Bioavailability Enhancement of Silybin Through Carbon-23 Acid Derivatization

Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , Pages 87-96

Authors

¹ School of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmacognosy & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Sulaimani University

² Faculty of Science, Dept. of Chemistry University of Sulaimani

³ Faculty of Sciences and Health,Koya University

Silybin is an isomer derived from the seed of Silybum marianum, a biennial metropolitan

plant that is grown naturally in Iraqi Kurdistan Region, it shows antioxidant and

anticancer activity however; its poor water solubility encounters to low bioavailability

which limits its use in clinical practice. To improve water solubility thereby

bioavailability, a chemical derivatization (carboxylic acid) on C-23 (C27H24O12) was

performed. Silybin derivative on C-23 as ether function improves solubility through

increasing the ability to donate unshared electron pairs like Lewis base. The elongated

carbon chain 25 as carboxylic acid increases the polarity of our derivative in water as

well as the acidity. Our derivative was prepared by Williamson method and showed

improvement of water solubility in comparison to silybin; this will lead to enhance the

bioavailability and consequently the activity of the drug. Structure elucidation confirmed

by FTIR, 13C-NMR and mass spectroscopy. The solubility assessment was performed

according to Beer’s-Lambert law.

Aim: Enhance water solubility and bioavailability of silybin through acid derivatization.

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