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Design and Characterization of Bioactive Bilayer Films: Release Kinetics of Isopropyl Palmitate
Active packaging incorporating antioxidants and antimicrobials is creating a niche in the market and becoming increasingly important. The main goal of this work was the design of bioactive bilayer films (zein/pullulan) incorporating licorice essential oil. The bilayer films were fully characterized…
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Hot melt extruded zein for controlled delivery of diclofenac sodium: Effect of drug loading and…
This study evaluates the potential use of zein as an excipient in hot-melt extrusion for controlled delivery of diclofenac sodium (DS). Mixtures of zein, polyethylene glycol and drug were hot melt extruded and cut into 2 mm extrudates. Extrudates were characterised using differential scanning…
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Swelling of Zein Matrix Tablets Benchmarked against HPMC and Ethylcellulose: Challenging the Matrix…
Zein is an insoluble, yet swellable, biopolymer that has been extensively studied for its applications in drug delivery. Here, we screened the effect of co-excipients on the swelling and drug release of zein tablets.
All throughout the study the behavior of zein was benchmarked against that of…
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Formulation, swelling and dissolution kinetics study of zein based matrix tablets
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This study has investigated the potential use of zein protein from corn as a pharmaceutical excipient for formulation of oral controlled-release matrices. SMCC (silicified microcrystalline cellulose)-Prosolv® 90 SMCC HD-Prosolv® 90 HD, Avicel® PH 102 and Mannitol 60…
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