Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2
Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2
Pharmaceutical Technology: Controlled Drug Release, Volume 2
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CH. 5] AN OPTIMIZED PROLONGED RELEASE FORMULATION 63<br />
Table 3—Porosimetry measurements<br />
a Pore diameter when cumulative volume is 50%.<br />
(2) It is easy to observe the important effect of UPF: the pore size distributions tend to go to the<br />
right as UPF increases; this means that, for the same accumulated intrusion volume, the mean<br />
pore diameter is smaller as UPF increases.<br />
In accordance with the growing UPF values, the pore size distributions are more to the right<br />
in the following order:<br />
Process<br />
UPF (kN)<br />
Wet granulation 7<br />
Direct compression in Frogerais 7<br />
Direct compression on Betapress 7<br />
Double compression 12<br />
Separate compaction 19<br />
Compaction of the mixture 31<br />
From the analysis, it is possible to suppose that the UPF applied on the Betapress rotary<br />
machine must be found between 7 and 12 kN.<br />
(3) The effect of UPF is verified by observing the similar pore size distributions of the wet<br />
granulation and the direct compression tablets in Frogerais, after 25% of the cumulative<br />
volume.