Advances in parallel artificial membrane permeability assay and its applications].

With the development of drug discovery, more and more candidate compounds need to be studied. Methods that can screen compound rapidly received significant attention. Parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA) as a powerful tool has been applied to drug studies. It uses an artificial lipid membrane to mimic the barrier for drug permeability studies. This article introduces the establishment and characteristics of PAMPA, as well as its applications in screening compounds. It can be used as models (e.g. predicting the ability of compound in gastro-intestinal absorption, blood-brain barrier transportation and skin penetration) by changing the component of artificial lipid membrane. PAMPA has advantages in high throughput selection of valuable compound with low cost, versatile, low dose, and good reproducibility.

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Yi-Fan Wu, Hui Liu, Jing-Man Ni. Advances in parallel artificial membrane permeability assay and its applications]. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. 2011 Aug;46(8):890-5

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