Magnesium stearate, also known as magnesium octadecanoate, is a common additive used in the pharmaceutical industry. It is a white, odorless, and tasteless powder that is highly insoluble in water, but soluble in organic solvents.
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Exposing Profound Screening Potential of Ethanol-Based Dissolution Media in the Development of…
Characterization of drug release from modified-release products in the presence of alcohol is required to evaluate the possibility of dose dumping due to safety assurance reasons. A generic product containing BCS IV drug and HPMCAS polymer was formulated as amorphous solid dispersion with hot-melt…
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Tablet Disintegratability: Sensitivity of Superdisintegrants to Temperature and Compaction Pressure
Tablet disintegration is an important pre-requisite for drug dissolution and absorption. The disintegration test is typically conducted at 37 °C, but the intragastric temperature may vary due to meals or fever. This study investigated the effects of temperature and compaction pressure on tablet…
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Magnesium stearate surface coverage on tablets and drug crystals: Insights from SEM-EDS elemental…
Scanning electron microscopy-based energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) is proposed as a versatile tool for quantifying surface area coverage (SAC) by magnesium stearate (MgSt) on pharmaceutical tablets and particles. Our approach involved fast elemental mapping and subsequent SAC…
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Improving the Powder Properties of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (Ethenzamide) with a Silica…
To improve the powder properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), we coated APIs with silica nanoparticles using a dry process that allowed for direct compression into tablets. The dry coating performed with different apparatuses (a batch-type high-speed shear mixer (Mechanomill) and a…
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Drug delivery to the targeted site of action in the human body is always affected by the excipients used and almost in the same manner by some processing variables like changes in the compression force. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the changes in compression forces during…
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Formulation and Evaluation of Olmesartan Medoxomil Tablets
This work proposes a methodology for the design, development, and characterization of tablets prepared by the direct compression method of olmesartan medoxomil. The main objective was to ensure a high dissolution rate of the active ingredient. Therefore, a rigorous selection of excipients was…
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Itraconazole Amorphous Solid Dispersion Tablets: Formulation and Compaction Process Optimization…
BCS Class II drugs, such as itraconazole (ITZ), exhibit poor solubility (1–4 ng/mL) and so require solubility enhancement. Therefore, ITZ and Kollidon® VA64 (KOL) amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) were produced using hot-melt extrusion (HME) to improve ITZ’s poor solubility. A novel strategy for…
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Control Strategy for Excipient Variability in the Quality by Design Approach Using Statistical…
Although various quality by design (QbD) approaches have been used to establish a design space to obtain robust drug formulation and process parameters, the effect of excipient variability on the design space and drug product quality is unclear. In this study, the effect of microcrystalline…
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The impact of lactose type on disintegration: An integral study on porosity and polymorphism
Besides factors such as disintegrant and lubricant, the raw material properties of filler excipients can have an impact on the disintegration behavior of a tablet. The current research aims to model the impact of lactose properties on disintegration time. For the first time, the impact of lactose…
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