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An isocratic reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method has been developed for rapid and simultaneous separation and estimation of 3 antidiabetic drugs, namely, metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride, in human plasma within 3 min. Separation was carried out on a MAGELLEN 5U C18 (5 μm, 150 mm × 4.60 mm) using a mobile phase of MeOH–0.025 M KH2PO4 adjusted to pH 3.20 using ortho-phosphoric acid (85:15, v/v) at ambient temperature. The flow rate was 1 mL/min, and the maximum absorption was measured at 235 nm. The retention time of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride was noted to be 1.24, 2.32, and 2.77 min, respectively, indicating a very short analysis time compared to that of other reported methods. Also, limits of detection were reported to be 0.05, 0.26, and 0.10 μg/mL for metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride, respectively, showing a high degree of method sensitivity. The method was then validated according to the FDA guidelines for the determination of the three drugs clinically in human plasma, in particular, regarding pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence simulation studies.

Abstract

An isocratic reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method has been developed for rapid and simultaneous separation and estimation of 3 antidiabetic drugs, namely, metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride, in human plasma within 3 min. Separation was carried out on a MAGELLEN 5U C18 (5 μm, 150 mm × 4.60 mm) using a mobile phase of MeOH–0.025 M KH2PO4 adjusted to pH 3.20 using ortho-phosphoric acid (85:15, v/v) at ambient temperature. The flow rate was 1 mL/min, and the maximum absorption was measured at 235 nm. The retention time of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride was noted to be 1.24, 2.32, and 2.77 min, respectively, indicating a very short analysis time compared to that of other reported methods. Also, limits of detection were reported to be 0.05, 0.26, and 0.10 μg/mL for metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride, respectively, showing a high degree of method sensitivity. The method was then validated according to the FDA guidelines for the determination of the three drugs clinically in human plasma, in particular, regarding pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence simulation studies.

1. Introduction

Oral antidiabetic drugs are widely used for treatment of diabetes mellitus type II. It is the most common diabetes disease caused by fatty acids and myocells resistance to insulin. Its treatments include insulin secretagogue agents that increase the amount of insulin secreted from the pancreas, insulin sensitizer agents that increase the sensitivity of target organs to insulin, or agents that decrease the rate of gastrointestinal tract absorption of glucose [1].

Chemically, metformin (MET) is 1,1-dimethyl biguanide (Figure 1). It decreases the gluconeogenesis process and increases the glucose uptake by muscles and fat cells. It is the cornerstone for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type II, where it is used alone or in combination with other antidiabetic classes like sulfonylureas, alphaglycosidase inhibitors, or insulin [2].

Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Chemical structures of metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM)

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Our literature survey verified that determination of metformin has been carried out in tablets by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) [36], in human plasma using ion-pair HPLC [7], or through using capillary electrophoresis [8, 9].

Pioglitazone (PIO) is a thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agent and chemically is (RS)-5-(4-[2-(5-ethylpyridin-2-yl)ethoxy]benzyl)thiazolidine-2,4-dione (Figure 1). It selectively stimulates the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) and, to a lesser extent, PPAR-α. It is also used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type II either alone or in combination with other oral anti diabetic drugs [10].

The determination of pioglitazone has been carried out using variant techniques, but specifically through HPLC [1117] and spectrophotometry [1821].

Glimepiride (GLI) is a potent third generation sulfonylurea derivative, and it is widely used in the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus type II as an oral hypoglycemic agent due to its consistent secretagogue action [22]. Chemically, it is 1-{(p-[2-(3-ethyl-4-methyl-2-oxo-3-pyrroline-1-carboxamide)ethyl]phenyl)sulfonyl}-3-(trans-4-methylcyclohexyl)urea (Figure 1). Many chromatographic [2325] and spectrophotometric methods [2630] were also reported for the determination of glimepiride, either alone or in combination with other antidiabetic drugs.

To the best of our knowledge and comprehensive survey, metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride mixture in dosage form was determined by reversed-phase HPLC (RP-HPLC) [3, 3133] but was never determined before by chromatographic techniques in biological samples despite their synergistic action. As such, the present work introduces a simple, very rapid, reproducible, and sensitive chromatographic method for the determination of the three drugs in human plasma. Also, this method has another advantage to protect analytical scientists and chemists from the exposure to volatile and corrosive organic solvents during experimentation using an environmentally benign mobile phase.

2. Experimental

2.1. Apparatus

2.2. Materials and Reagents

2.3. Procedures

2.3.1. Preparation of Standard Calibration Curves

Appropriate mixed dilutions of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride standard stock solutions were done in 10-mL volumetric flasks to get final concentrations of 2.50, 5, 10, 12.50, 25, 50, and 100 μg/mL for all drugs. A 10 μL of each mixture was then injected into the column, and the chromatogram was obtained at 235 nm. A graph was plotted as concentration of drugs against response (peak area). Regarding validated quality control (QC) samples, concentrations of 25, 50, and 100 μg/mL were selected as low (LQC), medium (MQC), and high (HQC) levels, respectively.

2.3.2. Human Plasma Samples Procedure

Calibration curve and validated QC samples at concentrations of 5, 10, and 15 μg/mL in plasma were prepared. Aliquots of 200 μL plasma samples and different drug mixture volumes ranging from 100 up to 200 μL were added into 10-mL centrifuge tubes and vortexed for 1 min. The mixture was then precipitated with methanol (total volume: 2 mL). After vortexing for 1 min, the samples were centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 15 min. Aliquots of 10 μL of the supernatant was filtered through 0.45-μm PTFE syring filters (Membrane Solutions, USA) and injected into the HPLC system for analysis.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Optimization of Chromatographic Conditions

All chromatographic conditions are illustrated in Table 1. Spectroscopic analysis of the three drugs in the range of 200–400 nm showed that metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride have UV absorbance maxima (λmax) at 237, 227, and 229 nm, respectively, as depicted in Figure 2. Therefore, the chromatographic detection was performed at 235 nm as the appropriate wavelength using a DAD detector. The method was performed on a MAGELLEN 5U C18 5 μm (150 mm × 4.60 mm).

Table 1.

Chromatographic conditions for the proposed method

Parameters Conditions
Column MAGELLEN C18 (5 μm, 150 mm × 4.60 mm)
Mobile phase Isocratic binary mobile phase of MeOH–0.025 M KH2PO4 adjusted to pH 3.20 using ortho-phosphoric acid (85:15, v/v), filtered and degassed using a 0.45-μm membrane filter
UV detection (nm) 235
Flow rate (mL/min) 1
Injected volume (μL) 10
Pressure (psig) 98
Temperature Ambient
Figure 2.
Figure 2.

Overlain spectra of 1 μg/mL metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM) at maximum wavelengths of 237, 227, and 229 nm, respectively

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Furthermore, under several trials of mobile phase optimization regarding its composition ratio and pH, it was observed that the optimized mobile phase was determined as a mixture of MeOH and 0.025 M potassium dihydrogen phosphate adjusted to pH 3.20 using ortho-phosphoric acid (85:15, v/v) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. Under these conditions, metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride can be separated and eluted at 1.24, 2.32, and 2.77 min, respectively as illustrated in Figure 3. Also, the mixture determination in plasma didn't show the matrix interference effect, as the human plasma was eluted separately at 1.45 min in correspondence with the migration times of the three drugs (Figure 4A and B). However, in all cases, the optimum mobile phase showed symmetrical peaks (0.69 < T < 0.88), capacity factor (k < 10), resolution > 2, and theoretical plates > 2000. Table 2 shows all system suitability parameters of the proposed RP-HPLC method for simultaneous determination of the three antidiabetic drugs in both pure and plasma samples.

Figure 3.
Figure 3.

HPLC chromatogram of a 2.5 μg/mL authentic mixture of metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM) using MAGELLEN C18 (5 μm, 150 mm × 4.6 mm) column and a mobile phase of MeOH–0.025 M KH2PO4 adjusted to pH 3.20 using ortho-phosphoric acid (85,15, v/v). Other chromatographic conditions are stated in Table 1

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Figure 4.
Figure 4.

HPLC Chromatogram of (A) blank plasma sample and (B) 2.5 μg/mL authentic mixture of metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM) in human plasma under the same conditions of Figure 3

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Table 2.

System suitability parameter comparison for metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM) in both pure and plasma samples

Parameters Pure sample Plasma sample Reference values [36]
MET PIO GLM MET PIO GLM
Retention time, tr 1.24 2.32 2.77 1.25 2.35 2.79
Capacity factor, k' 0.79 1.13 0.81 1.14 Accepted k' value (1–10)
Peak asymmetry (tailing factor, T) 0.70 0.80 0.87 0.69 0.73 0.88 Accepted T value ≤ 2
Therotical plates, N 2865 4085 4588 2101 4270 4100 Accepted N value > 2000
Resolution, Rs 8.93 2.96 8.77 2.91 Accepted value > 2
Selectivity (separation factor, α) 1.43 1.41

3.2. Method Validation

The method was validated according to the Food and Drug Administration guidelines for bioanalytical methods validation [3436].

3.2.1. Linearity

Five different concentrations of the drug mixture were specified for linearity studies. The calibration curves obtained by plotting peak area against concentration showed linearity in the concentration range of 2.50–100 μg/mL for all drugs (Table 3). Linear regression equations for metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride were found to be y = 61.08x + 99.75, y = 12.22x + 24.98, and y = 29.62x + 41.84, respectively, and the regression coefficient values (r) were 0.999 for the three drugs, indicating a high degree of linearity (Figure 5).

Table 3.

Results of analysis for the proposed method

Parameters MET PIO GLM
Taken (μg/mL) Found (μg/mL) Recovery (%) Accuracy (%) Taken (μg/mL) Found (μg/mL) Recovery (%) Accuracy (%) Taken (μg/mL) Found (μg/mL) Recovery (%) Accuracy (%)
2.50 2.45 98.38 −1.61 2.50 2.53 101.51 1.51 2.50 2.46 98.79 −1.20
12.50 12.28 98.25 −1.74 12.50 12.68 101.46 1.46 12.50 12.59 100.78 0.78
25 24.96 99.87 −0.12 25 25.12 100.84 0.48 25 24.65 98.60 −1.39
50 50.50 101.01 1.01 50 49.42 98.84 −1.15 50 50.41 100.82 0.82
100 99.78 99.78 −0.21 100 100.23 100.23 0.23 100 99.87 99.87 −0.77
Mean 99.46 −0.53 100.51 0.5 99.77 −0.12
±SD 1.15 1.09 1.05
±RSD 1.15 1.08 1.05
±SE 0.51 0.48 0.47
Variance 1.32 1.19 1.11
LOD (μg/mL) 0.05 0.26 0.10
LOQ (μg/mL) 0.18 0.89 0.35
Figure 5.
Figure 5.

Calibration curves for authentic mixture of metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM) using the proposed HPLC method

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3.2.2. Accuracy and Precision

The accuracy of the method was determined by investigating the recoveries of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride at concentration levels covering the specified range (3 replicates of each concentration). From the amount of the drug estimated, the percentage recovery was calculated, and the results shown in Table 1 indicate excellent recoveries for all drugs.

The precision of the method was evaluated according to intra-day and inter-day precision using validated QC samples at concentrations of 25, 50, and 100 μg/mL. Intra-day precision was evaluated in terms of both standard deviation (SD) and coefficient of variation (CV%), regarding 3 replicate determinations using the same solution containing pure drugs at the first day of analysis. The SD and CV% values (varied from 0.07 to 1.16) revealed the high precision of the method. For inter-day reproducibility, the day-to-day SD and CV% values were also in the acceptable range of 0.04–0.93. These results show that the proposed method has an adequate precision in simultaneous determination of the three drugs.

3.2.3. Selectivity and Specificity

The selectivity of the method was checked by injecting the solutions of metfromin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride into the column separately, where 3 sharp peaks were obtained at retention times of 1.24, 2.32, and 2.77 min, respectively, and these peaks were not obtained for the blank solution. Also, the specificity studies revealed that the presence of human plasma didn't show any kind of interference with the sharp and well-resolved peaks of the three drugs (Figure 4).

3.2.4. Robustness

The robustness of the methods was evaluated by making deliberate subtle changes (±0.05) in the flow rate, pH of mobile phase, and mobile phase composition ratio, keeping the other chromatographic conditions constant. The changes effect was studied on the basis of percent recovery and standard deviation of all drugs. Table 4 shows that the changes had negligible influences on the results as revealed by small SD values (≤1.69).

Table 4.

Results of the robustness for the determination of 12.5 µg/mL metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM)

MET PIO GLM
Mean recovery ± SD CV (%) Accuracy (%) Mean recovery ± SD CV (%) Accuracy (%) Mean recovery ± SD CV (%) Accuracy (%)
Flow rate 0.95 mL (−0.05) 99.51 ± 1.23 1.51 −0.49 101.29 ± 1.00 1.01 1.29 100.10 ± 1.55 0.08 2.40
Flow rate 1.05 mL (+0.05) 99.49 ± 1.20 1.46 −0.50 100.27 ± 1.55 2.41 0.28 99.71 ± 0.98 −0.29 0.96
Buffer pH 3.15 (−0.05) 99.42 ± 1.08 1.18 −0.57 100.21 ± 1.69 2.85 0.21 99.57 ± 0.88 −0.42 0.79
Buffer pH 3.25 (+0.05) 99.44 ± 1.11 1.25 −0.55 100.30 ± 1.48 2.20 0.31 99.67 ± 0.94 −0.33 0.89
MeOH– buffer 85.5:14.5 99.39 ± 1.03 1.07 −0.61 100.66 ± 0.80 0.64 0.67 99.90 ± 1.22 −0.10 1.50
MeOH–buffer 84.5:15.5 99.36 ± 0.99 0.99 −0.63 100.60 ± 0.91 0.83 0.60 99.83 ± 1.12 −0.17 1.27

3.2.5. Limits of Detection and Limits of Quantification

For determining the limits of detection and quantitation, the method based on the signal-to-noise ratio (3:1 for LOD & 10:1 for LOQ) was adopted. Limits of detection were reported to be 0.05, 0.26, and 0.10 μg/mL, while limits of quantification were calculated to be 0.18, 0.894 and 0.89, and 0.35 μg/mL for metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride, respectively (Table 3). These results show that the proposed method is highly sensitive and applicable for pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence studies, where detection of small concentrations in plasma is required.

3.2.6. Analysis of Human Plasma

The proposed method was also applied for determination of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride in human plasma samples by applying protein preciptation procedure. Retention times of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride in plasma sample and the other system suitability parameters were also pretty similar to those of pure one (Table 2).

Also, the plasma chromatogram (Figure 4) confirms the specificity of the method in clinical studies as the plasma peak (eluting at 1.45 min) is not interfering but well separated from the other three peaks of studied drugs. Calibration curves of the spiked plasma were also found to be linear over the clinical range of 5–15 μg/mL for all drugs (Table 5). The mean recoveries for drugs in plasma were in the acceptable range of 80.08–85.10 according to the FDA guidelines. Furthermore, stability studies were conducted by applying plasma freeze–thaw cycles at −20 °C (over three days) using the same validation QC samples in plasma, and the results are summarized in Table 6. The SD and CV% values (varied from 0.21 to 1.92) show that the spiked drug plasma samples are highly stable, indicating the high suitability of the method in pharmacokinetic studies regarding the three antidiabetic drug mixture in biological samples.

Table 5.

Result of analysis of proposed method in human plasma

Parameters MET PIO GLM
Taken (μg/mL) Found (μg/mL) Recovery (%) Accuracy (%) Taken (μg/mL) Found (μg/mL) Recovery (%) Accuracy (%) Taken (μg/mL) Found (μg/mL) Recovery (%) Accuracy (%)
15 11.21 74.78 −25.21 15 12.02 80.19 −19.80 15 11.92 79.48 −32.72
10 8.02 80.25 −19.74 10 9.00 90.01 −9.98 10 8.20 82.09 −32.84
5 4.26 85.20 −14.79 5 4.25 85.12 −14.87 5 4.32 86.53 −35.97
Mean 80.08 −19.91 85.10 −14.89 82.70 −17.29
±SD 5.21 4.91 3.56
±RSD 6.50 5.77 4.30
±SE 2.33 2.19 1.59
Variance 27.17 24.12 12.70
Table 6.

Intra- & inter-day precision and stability results using 3 quality control samples of metformin (MET), pioglitazone (PIO), and glimepiride (GLM) in pure and plasma samples

Drugs Concentrations (μg/mL) Mean ± SD CV (%) Accuracy (%)
Intra-day runs (n = 3) MET 100 99.25 ± 0.13 0.14 −0.74
50 100.88 ± 0.07 0.08 0.89
25 99.67 ± 0.09 0.10 −0.32
PIO 100 100.18 ± 0.28 0.29 0.19
50 99.00 ± 0.46 0.49 −0.99
25 100.64 ± 1.15 1.16 0.64
GLM 100 100.03 ± 0.09 0.10 0.04
50 100.85 ± 0.35 0.36 0.85
25 99.21 ± 0.28 0.30 −0.79
Inter-day runs (n = 3) MET 100 99.89 ± 0.06 0.07 −0.11
50 101.11 ± 0.04 0.05 1.11
25 100.01 ± 0.04 0.04 0.02
PIO 100 100.55 ± 0.12 0.11 0.56
50 99.00 ± 0.69 0.70 −1.00
25 100.47 ± 0.92 0.93 0.48
GLM 100 100.03 ± 0.09 0.10 0.03
50 100.85 ± 0.21 0.22 0.85
25 98.67 ± 0.28 0.30 −1.33
Three freeze–thaw cycles at −20°C (n plasma = 3) MET 15 74.79 ± 0.21 0.28 −25.21
10 80.38 ± 0.38 0.47 −19.62
5 85.38 ± 1.18 1.38 −14.61
PIO 15 80.59 ± 1.35 1.67 −19.41
10 90.42 ± 1.73 1.92 −9.58
5 88.14 ± 1.50 1.70 −11.86
GLM 15 79.59 ± 0.79 1.00 −20.41
10 83.10 ± 0.48 0.57 −16.90
5 88.55 ± 0.95 1.07 −11.45

4. Conclusion

The presented method was developed and validated for rapid simultaneous estimation of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride within 3 min. The results obtained indicate that the proposed method is rapid, accurate, selective, robust, and reproducible. This analytical method can be also adequate and useful for the clinical estimation of metformin, pioglitazone, and glimepiride in human plasma samples according to the FDA guidelines in respect of pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence studies that would be useful in therapeutic drug monitoring.

Compliance with Ethical Standards

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest in the manuscript.

Ethical Approval

This manuscript does not include any studies on human or animals.

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    Pasquel, F. J.; Umpierrez, G. E. Diabetes Care 2014, 37, 31243131.

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    Benoit, V.; Bruno, G.; Nieves, S. G.; Jocelyne, L.; Marc, F.; Fabrizio, A. Clin. Sci. (Lond). 2012, 122, 253270.

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    Jain, D.; Jain, S.; Jain, D.; Amin, M. J. Chromatogr. Sci. 2008, 46, 501504.

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    Umapathi, P.; Ayyappan, J.; Quine, S. D. Trop. J. Pharm. Res. 2012, 11, 107116.

  • 5.

    Lakshmi, K. S.; Rajesh, T.; Sharma, S. Int. J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci. 2009, 1, 162166.

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    Al Rimawi, F. Talanta 2009, 79, 13681371.

  • 7.

    Zarghi, A.; Foroutan, S. M.; Shafaati, A.; Khoddam, A. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2003, 31, 197200.

  • 8.

    Hamdan, I. I.; Jaber, A. B.; Abushoffa, A. M. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2010, 53,12541257.

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    Song, J. Z.; Chen, H. F.; Tian, S. J.; Sun, Z. P. J. Chromatogr. B: Biomed. Sci. App. 1998, 708, 277283.

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    David, D. M.; Raffaele, P.; Ashish, K. R.; Donatella, P.; Barbara, C.; et al. Pharmacogenomics 2014, 15, 20632082.

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    Radhakrishna, T.; Rao, D. S.; Reddy, G. O. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2002, 29, 593607.

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    Ramalingam, P.; Krishna, K. P.; Padmanabha, R. Y.; Chandra, S. G. Malay. J. Pharm. Sci. 2014, 12, 3346.

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Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sajewicz, Mieczyslaw, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Editors(s)

  • Danica Agbaba, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (1953-2024)
  • Łukasz Komsta, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  • Ivana Stanimirova-Daszykowska, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • Monika Waksmundzka-Hajnos, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

Editorial Board

  • Ravi Bhushan, The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
  • Jacek Bojarski, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
  • Bezhan Chankvetadze, State University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Michał Daszykowski, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • Tadeusz H. Dzido, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  • Attila Felinger, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
  • Kazimierz Glowniak, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  • Bronisław Glód, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland
  • Anna Gumieniczek, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  • Urszula Hubicka, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
  • Krzysztof Kaczmarski, Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland
  • Huba Kalász, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Katarina Karljiković Rajić, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Imre Klebovich, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Angelika Koch, Private Pharmacy, Hamburg, Germany
  • Piotr Kus, Univerity of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • Debby Mangelings, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
  • Emil Mincsovics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
  • Ágnes M. Móricz, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
  • Gertrud Morlock, Giessen University, Giessen, Germany
  • Anna Petruczynik, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  • Robert Skibiński, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  • Bernd Spangenberg, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Tomasz Tuzimski, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  • Adam Voelkel, Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland
  • Beata Walczak, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • Wiesław Wasiak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  • Igor G. Zenkevich, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

 

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