Maghsoodi, Maryam, Taghizadeh, Omid, Martin, Gary P., Nokhodchi, Ali (2008) Particle design of naproxen-disintegrant agglomerates for direct compression by a crystallo-co-agglomeration technique. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 351 (1-2). pp. 45-54. ISSN 0378-5173. (doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.09.033) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:9307)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.09.033 |
Abstract
The purpose of the present research was to obtain directly compactible gglomerates of naproxen containing disintegrant by a novel crystalloco-agglomeration (CCA) technique. Acetone–water containing hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC) was used as the crystallization medium. Acetone acted as a good solvent for naproxen as well as a bridging liquid for agglomeration of crystallized drug with disintegrant and aqueous phase as non-solvent. The agglomerates were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), powder X-ray diffraction (XRPD) and scanning electron microscopy. The agglomerates were compressed at different compression pressures and dissolution studies were carried out for the tablets produced at lowest compression force. The growth of particle size and the spherical form of the agglomerates resulted in formation of products with good flow and packing properties. The improved compaction properties of the agglomerated crystals were due to the fragmentation which occurred during compression. DSC and XRPD studies showed that naproxen particles, crystallized in the presence of HPC and disintegrant did not undergo structural modifications. The dissolution rate of naproxen from the agglomerates could be controlled by the amount of included disintegrant, being enhanced as the latterwas increased. Moreover, the results showed that when the disintegrants were included both intragranularly and extragranularly during agglomeration of naproxen particles, tablets containing these agglomerates dissolved at a faster rate than the tablets containing crystallized naproxen with the same amount of disintegrant incorporated only extragranularly by physical mixing. In conclusion, the properties of agglomerated crystals, such as flowability, compactibility and dissolution rate were improved profoundly using the developed technique resulting in successful direct tableting without need to additional process of physical blending of agglomerates and disintegrants.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.09.033 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Disintegrant; Crystallo-co-agglomeration; Direct tableting; Tensile strength; Disintegration time; Dissolution |
Subjects: | Q Science |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Medway School of Pharmacy |
Depositing User: | Ali Nokhodchi |
Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2009 12:35 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 09:42 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/9307 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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