Drug Release Profiles and Disintegration Properties of Pectin Films

Autor: Yoshifumi Murata, Chieko Maida, Kyoko Kofuji
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Materials
Volume 12
Issue 3
Materials, Vol 12, Iss 3, p 355 (2019)
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma12030355
Popis: We assessed the disintegration profiles of the film dosage forms (FDs) prepared using pectin by measuring the amount of pectin dissolved from the films in a limited amount of aqueous medium. Furthermore, we used miconazole and dexamethasone as standard drugs and investigated the relationship between the disintegration rate of the FDs and the rate of drug release. We used two types of pectin in this study to develop thin films with a thickness of approximately 25&ndash
35 &mu
m. The FDs gradually disintegrated in the aqueous medium, and the disintegration profile of the FDs differed depending on the types of pectin. In addition, the rate of disintegration of the film matrix affected the dissolution rate of the drug incorporated into the FD. Thus, our results show that FDs prepared using pectin are beneficial because of their high solubility in a limited amount of medium, and the rate of drug release from the FDs can be regulated by selecting a specific type of pectin or by altering the concentration of the film base.
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