Effect of Polyethylene Glycol Content and Molar Mass on Injection Molding of Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Acetate Succinate-Based Gastroresistant Capsular Devices for Oral Drug Delivery

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العنوان: Effect of Polyethylene Glycol Content and Molar Mass on Injection Molding of Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Acetate Succinate-Based Gastroresistant Capsular Devices for Oral Drug Delivery
المؤلفون: Briatico-Vangosa, F., Melocchi, A., Uboldi, M., Gazzaniga, A., Zema, L., Maroni, A.
المصدر: Polymers, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 517 (2019)
Polymers
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
مصطلحات موضوعية: lcsh:QD241-441, lcsh:Organic chemistry, injection molding, Capsular device, Drug delivery, Gastric resistance, HPMCAS, Injection molding, PEG, Plasticization, drug delivery, technology, industry, and agriculture, plasticization, Article, gastric resistance, capsular device
الوصف: Capsular devices for oral drug delivery were recently proposed and manufactured by injection molding (IM) as an evolution of traditional reservoir systems comprising a core and a functional coating. IM allowed the fabrication of capsule shells with release-controlling features based on the employed materials and the design characteristics. These features are independent of the drug, with significant savings in development time and costs. In previous work, IM was used to produce enteric-soluble capsules from blends of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate, with polyethylene glycol (PEG) as the plasticizer. In this work, the range of plasticizer concentrations and molar mass was broadened to evaluate in-depth how those parameters affect material processability and capsule performance over time. As expected, increasing the amount of the low molar mass plasticizer decreased the viscosity and modulus of the material. This simplified the molding process and enhanced the mechanical resistance of the shell, as observed during assembly. However, some samples turned out translucent, depending on several factors including storage conditions. This was attributed to plasticizer migration issues. Such results indicate that higher molar mass PEGs, while not significantly impacting on processability, lead to capsular devices with consistent performance in the investigated time lapse.
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2073-4360
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid_dedup__::f04d7b253230d88400f7b92e1edf238b
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/3/517
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رقم الانضمام: edsair.pmid.dedup....f04d7b253230d88400f7b92e1edf238b
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE