“…Extensive research has been undertaken to investigate the thermodynamics of non-pharmaceutical, chemicalcyclodextrin complexes, including pentane derivatives, hexanol, cyclohexanol, butadienenol, adamantine, benzoic acid, aspartame, bile acids and many others [5][6][7] but to date, only very limited research has been focused on probing the thermodynamics of drug-cyclodextrin complexes, despite its importance in formulation process, product stability and ultimately drug dissociation in vivo [8]. In a previous paper, we have studied stability and structures of inclusion complexes between zaleplon (ZAL), a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic drug indicated for short term management of insomnia, and a series of natural and chemically modified CDs in order to select the derivate with the most pronounced complexing and solubilising potential for the drug [9].…”