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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Towards functional characterization of excipients for oral solid dosage forms using UV-Vis imaging.…
The purpose of this study was to investigate whole-dosage form UV-Vis imaging as a potential tool for functional characterization of excipients used in solid oral dosage forms. To this end, tablets (average mass 260.0 mg, 224.5 mg and 222.1 mg) containing theophylline anhydrate (20% w/w), 1% (w/w)…
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Tableting of mini-tablets in comparison with conventionally sized tablets: A comparison of tableting…
Mini-tablets are solid dosage forms with increasing interest for pharmaceutical industry due to clinical and biopharmaceutical benefits. But technological aspects on mini-tableting are not fully investigated. Therefore, the impact of punch size and tableting pressure for industrially relevant…
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Evaluation of dissolution techniques for orally disintegrating mini-tablets
Mini-tablets are suitable for paediatric as well as geriatric use since they may provide flexible and accurate dosing and administration. Due to the minute tablet size, there is a need for new standardized quality evaluation procedures and conventional techniques may have to be adopted. The main…
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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), the new asset for the production of tailored medicines
Over the last few years, conventional medicine has been increasingly moving towards precision medicine. Today, the production of oral pharmaceutical forms tailored to patients is not achievable by traditional industrial means. A promising solution to customize oral drug delivery has been found in…
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The relevance of granule fragmentation on reduced tabletability of granules from ductile or brittle…
Roll compaction/dry granulation often results in loss of tabletability. The two main hypotheses for this are granule hardening and granule size enlargement. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of granule size, roll compaction force, and granule fragmentation upon tableting and its…
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Effect of Disintegrants on Prolongation of Tablet Disintegration Induced by Immersion in Xanthan…
In clinical practice, a thickening solution is frequently used to allow easy swallowing of tablets by patients suffering from dysphagia. This study investigated the effect of the thickening solution on tablet disintegration. Model tablets containing different disintegrants were prepared and their…
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Impact of Magnesium Stearate Content: Modeling of Drug Degradation Using a Modified Arrhenius…
To accelerate drug development, the pharmaceutical industry is working to shorten and improve studies on stability. The Accelerated Stability Assessment Program (ASAP) incorporating the humidity-corrected Arrhenius equation as an accelerated methodology has been proposed for both drug substances…
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Development of piroxicam mini-tablets enabled by spherical cocrystallization
We examined the potential of the spherical cocrystallization (SCC) technology in simultaneously enhancing tablet manufacturability and dissolution of poorly soluble drugs by developing a mini-tablet formulation of piroxicam. The manufacturing of mini-tablets using a direct compression (DC) process…
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Profound tabletability deterioration of microcrystalline cellulose by magnesium stearate
Magnesium stearate (MgSt) is a common lubricant used in tablet formulations to facilitate tablet manufacturing by reducing ejection force. The use of MgSt in tablet formulation is known to potentially deteriorate tabletability of plastic powders and slow down drug dissolution. Here, we report…
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Development and Evaluation of Feline Tailored Amlodipine Besylate Mini-Tablets Using L-lysine as a…
Felines may find orally administered medicines unpalatable, thus presenting a problem in the treatment of chronic conditions such as hypertension, a commonly diagnosed condition in felines requiring daily administration of medication. A pertinent example is amlodipine besylate, formulations of which…
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