PMID- 37121683 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230502 LR - 20230502 IS - 1347-5223 (Electronic) IS - 0009-2363 (Linking) VI - 71 IP - 5 DP - 2023 TI - Cocrystallization of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Derived from Traditional Chinese Medicines. PG - 326-333 LID - 10.1248/cpb.c22-00728 [doi] AB - This review highlights the cocrystals of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) derived from traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) in categories, ∆pK(a) rule, preparation, characterization, and physicochemical properties, reported in 113 literature reports. It is founded that the formation of all of the cocrystals is in accordance with ∆pK(a) rule. Three preparation methods such as evaporation cocrystallization, grinding method, and suspension method, are used most, accounting for 44, 27, and 16%, respectively. Almost all cocrystals are characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). Thermal analysis techniques are used for 81% of cocrystals, and more than half of cocrystals are characterized by IR. Forty-four percent of cocrystals are determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction (SXRD) since it is difficult to get the single crystals of cocrystals. Most cocrystals of APIs in TCMs exhibit 1-10 folds enhancement in solubility, dissolution, dissolution rate, and bioavailability, and a few of them are increased by dozens or even hundreds of times in these properties. This review provides a meaningful reference for more and more APIs in TCMs prepared for pharmaceutical cocrystals in future. FAU - Guo, Hongjie AU - Guo H AD - School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science. FAU - Liu, Shuyu AU - Liu S AD - School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Japan TA - Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) JT - Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin JID - 0377775 RN - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations) SB - IM MH - *Crystallization MH - X-Ray Diffraction MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Solubility MH - Pharmaceutical Preparations OTO - NOTNLM OT - active pharmaceutical ingredient OT - bioavailability OT - cocrystal OT - dissolution OT - solubility OT - traditional Chinese medicine EDAT- 2023/05/01 00:41 MHDA- 2023/05/02 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/30 21:22 PHST- 2023/05/02 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/01 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/30 21:22 [entrez] AID - 10.1248/cpb.c22-00728 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2023;71(5):326-333. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c22-00728.