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Maltodextrin
Significant Progress in Improving Atorvastatin Dissolution Rate: Physicochemical Characterization…
Atorvastatin (ATV) is a first-line drug for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. This drug presents biopharmaceutical problems, partly due to its low solubility and dissolution rate. In this work, nanocrystals of ATV stabilized with Tween 80® were designed by wet milling. A full factorial design was…
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Orodispersible Films: Current Innovations and Emerging Trends
Abstract
Orodispersible films (ODFs) are thin, mechanically strong, and flexible polymeric films that are designed to dissolve or disintegrate rapidly in the oral cavity for local and/or systemic drug delivery. This review examines various aspects of ODFs and their potential as a drug delivery…
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Low melting mixtures: Neoteric green solvents for flavor formulation
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Flavors are considered among the most valuable ingredients in any formula. However, aromatic substances are volatile and can be lost during processing and storage. Thus, it is beneficial to develop strategies for their retention in formulations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate…
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Evaluation of Oromucosal Natural Gum-Based Emulgels as Novel Strategy for Photodynamic Therapy of…
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) recently has been shown as a promising option in the treatment of premalignant lesions of the soft oral tissues. Effective delivery of photosensitizer is challenging due to poor drug adherence to the oromucosal epithelium. In the present work, emulgels composed of natural…
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Smart nano-in-microparticles to tackle bacterial infections in skin tissue engineering
Chronic wounds (resulting from underlying disease, metabolic disorders, infections, trauma, and even tumours) pose significant health problems. In this work, microparticles, based on polysaccharides (maltodextrin or dextran) and amino acids, and doped with antibacterial nanoparticles (CuO or ZnO…
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Leveraging a multivariate approach towards enhanced development of direct compression extended…
Extended release formulations play a crucial role in the pharmaceutical industry by maintaining steady plasma levels, reducing side effects, and improving therapeutic efficiency and compliance. One commonly used method to develop extended release formulations is direct compression, which offers…
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Application of the Gradient boosted tree approach for thin film classification based on…
Introduction
Thin films are polymeric strips that disintegrate in the oral cavity and consist of a film-forming agent and an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Generally, thin films disintegrate within seconds, but their composition can be modified to allow slower disintegration and release of…
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Optimization of ultra-sonicated homogenization conditions of fish oil emulsions to improve…
This study aimed to improve the quality characteristics of fish oil microcapsules from monolayer and multilayer emulsions by optimizing the ultra-sonicated homogenization conditions to obtain a stable source of omega-3 fatty acids to add in food matrix. For that, a response surface methodology trial…
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Inhalation powder development without carrier: How to engineer ultra-flying microparticles?
Particle engineering technologies have led to the commercialization of new inhaled powders like PulmoSolTM or PulmoSphereTM. Such platforms are produced by spray drying, a well-known process popular for its versatility, thanks to wide-ranging working parameters. Whereas these powders contain a high…
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Investigation on nozzle zone agglomeration during spray drying using response surface methodology
During spray drying, dry powder is circulated into the nozzle zone to force collisions, inducing agglomeration. This study systematically determined the effect of fine powder mass flowrate (varying from 7.1 ± 1.2–15.9 ± 0.5 kg∙h−1), drying air temperature (160–200 °C), and drying air mass flowrate…
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