The present work is a comparative study of interactions between two non-essential amino acids namely L-aspartic acid (L-Asp) and L-glutamic acid (L-Glu) with the aqueous solution of an antibiotic drug, Doxycycline Hyclate (DH) at four distinct temperatures, spaced ten degrees apart, from 288.15 K to 318.15 K and at 1.013 bar atmospheric pressure. The density and viscosity data obtained through experimentation have been implemented to various ascertain densimetric and viscometric characteristics, including the ‘apparent molar volumes’ (ϕv),‘partial molar volumes at infinite dilution’ (ϕv0), ‘limiting apparent molar expansibilities’ (ϕE0), transfer properties (Δtrφv0), interaction parameters (VAB,VABB), heat capacity (Cp), ‘isobaric thermal expansion coefficient’ (α), viscosity B-coefficients, and thermodynamic parameters (Δμ10≠, Δμ20≠, TΔS20≠ and ΔH20≠) of viscous flow.A conductivity study and measurement of surface tension were also performed to find out the molecular interactions. Calculation of dBdT values and Hepler’s constant i.e. ∂2ϕv0∂T2 helped to identify the structure breaking or making behavior of the solution. In addition to that, spectroscopic studies i.e. UV–visible spectra, and 1H NMR support the conclusion about the interactions occurring in the solution. All these experimental and theoretical observations clearly show that interactions of amino acids with the drug molecules are predominant rather than the solute molecules themselves for both the systems and it is higher for the (DH + H2O + Glu) ternary system which is supported by thermodynamic data (ΔG). DFT analysis makes a good agreement with the experimental findings.
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