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leading to significant variations while ethical, safety and toxicity issues should be also takenin account. Alternatively, in vitro electronic t<strong>as</strong>te sensing systems can be employed to predict<strong>the</strong> t<strong>as</strong>te <strong>of</strong> pharmaceutical <strong>for</strong>mulations [3, 16, 17] . Commercially available electronic tongues(Astree e-tongue and INSENT sensing system) have been well studied and evaluated <strong>for</strong> t<strong>as</strong>tem<strong>as</strong>king purposes. The Astree e – tongue (AlphaMOS, France) h<strong>as</strong> been systematically usedto evaluate <strong>the</strong> bitterness <strong>of</strong> pure active substances in comparison to <strong>for</strong>mulated products.These e – tongue studies showed very good correlation with human t<strong>as</strong>te panels,reproducibility, low detection limits and high sensitivity [18] .Paracetamol (PMOL) is a white crystalline powder with bitter t<strong>as</strong>te mainly used <strong>as</strong>analgesic pain reliever and antipyretic. The main uses <strong>of</strong> paracetamol are <strong>the</strong> relief <strong>of</strong>headaches, minor aches and pains. In this study PMOL w<strong>as</strong> used <strong>as</strong> a model drug <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>purpose <strong>of</strong> t<strong>as</strong>te m<strong>as</strong>king. At <strong>the</strong> moment <strong>the</strong>re are several over – <strong>the</strong> – counter products <strong>of</strong>orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) where <strong>the</strong> active pharmacological agent is t<strong>as</strong>te m<strong>as</strong>kedthrough various approaches.In <strong>the</strong> current study PMOL extrudates were prepared by optimizing <strong>the</strong> HMEprocessing [19, 20] parameters in order to m<strong>as</strong>k its t<strong>as</strong>te efficiently. The extrudates wereevaluated both by in vivo and in vitro studies where an electronic tongue analyzer w<strong>as</strong>employed that captures <strong>the</strong> global t<strong>as</strong>te pr<strong>of</strong>ile. The electronic tongue can be a valuable tool<strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> pharmaceutical <strong>for</strong>mulations by providing accurate and reliable t<strong>as</strong>tepatterns <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> desired <strong>for</strong>mulations.2.0 Materials and Methods2.1. MaterialsParacetamol (PMOL) w<strong>as</strong> purch<strong>as</strong>ed from Sigma Aldrich (Gillingham, UK). EudragitEPO polymer w<strong>as</strong> kindly donated from Evonik Pharma Polymers (Darmstadt, Germany).Crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone (Kollidon VA64) w<strong>as</strong> also donated from BASF, Germany.The HPLC solvents were <strong>of</strong> analytical grade and purch<strong>as</strong>ed from Fisher Chemicals (UK). Allmaterials were used <strong>as</strong> received.2.2. Calculation <strong>of</strong> Hansen solubility parametersThe Hansen solubility parameters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> drug and <strong>the</strong> polymers were calculated from<strong>the</strong>ir chemical structures to check <strong>the</strong> miscibility <strong>of</strong> drug/polymer <strong>for</strong>mulations using <strong>the</strong>H<strong>of</strong>tyzer and van Krevelen method [21] . [Ple<strong>as</strong>e see Chapter 2, Section 2.2 <strong>for</strong> more details].65 | P a g e

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