Abstract: 20-Hydroxyecdysone (20-HE) is currently undergoing a Phase 2 Clinical Trial for the treatment of sarcopenia. 20-HE is also currently being investigated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as an anabolic agent. There are promising in vitro and in vivo results for 20-HE’s anabolic effect on muscles. However, 20-HE is molecularly a steroid, thus having relatively poor water solubility and poor human oral bioavailability. Cyclodextrins (CDs) are being used in pharmaceutics to improve the water solubility and oral bioavailability of lipophilic compounds. This paper explores 20-HE’s pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, with a particular interest on how the 20-HE-CD complex can improve the oral bioavailability of 20-HE. Consequently, making 20-HE-CD a novel anabolic phytosteroid (APS).
Keywords: 20-hydroxyecdysone, ecdysteroid, cyclodextrin, phytosteroid.
Title: 20-Hydroxyecdysone’s Cyclodextrin Complex: A Novel Anabolic Phytosteroid (APS)?
Author: Victor Chiruta
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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