Interferon-α2b (IFN-α2b) produced in Cuba by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology was encapsulated into poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres using the double emulsion-solvent evaporation method. Resulting microspheres showed smooth surfaces containing randomly distributed pores, a mean diameter of 28.1 ± 0.4 μm (using 14,000 rpm for the second emulsification step)...

Gastric residence time of oral controlled release system such as microspheres is increase by different techniques such as floating and mucoadhesive system. The objective of present investigation was to formulate floating microspheres of Nateglinide in order to increase gastric residence time, increased bioavailability and to reduce dose frequency of drug molecule. Novel o/w emulsion solvent dif...

Spherical crystallization of drugs is the process of obtaining larger particles by agglomeration during crystallization. The most common techniques used to obtain such particles are spherical agglomeration and quasi-emulsion solvent diffusion. Ammonia diffusion systems and crystallo-co-agglomeration are extensions of these techniques. By controlling process parameters during crystallization, su...

Ellipsoid-shaped nanoclusters composed of single superparamagnetic nanoparticles can be generated by emulsion electrospinning. Stretching and subsequent solvent evaporation of iron oxide loaded emulsion droplets during the emulsion electrospinning process enables the creation of such structures embedded in polymer nanofibers. Dissolution of the polymer fibers yields an aqueous dispersion of the...

The present study was oriented towards microencapsulation of aspirin and the study of its release kinetics. The desired encapsulation was achieved by emulsion solvent evaporation method using ethyl cellulose (EC), cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) and their mixture (1:1) of polymeric constituents. Characterization of the formulations was performed by size, shape, drug loading efficiency and in-...

Objective(s) Theophylline, a xanthenes derivative, is still widely used as an effective bronchodilator in the management of asthmatic patients. It is used both as a prophylactic drug and to prevent acute exacerbations of asthma. The aim of study was to formulate and evaluate effect of the microencapsulation of theophylline loaded nanoparticles on the reduction of burst release. Materials and Me...

the aim of this study was to formulate and evaluate microencapsulated controlled release preparations of a highly water/soluble drug, salbutamol sulphate by (water in oil) in oil emulsion technique using ethyl cellulose as the retardant material. various processing and formulation parameters such as drug/polymer ratio, stirring speed, volume of processing medium were optimized to maximize the e...

the objective of the present investigation was to design a sustained release floating microcapsules of theophylline using two polymers of different permeability characteristics; eudragit rl 100 (eu rl) and cellulose acetate butyrate (cab) using the oil-in-oil emulsion solvent evaporation method. polymers were used separately and in combination to prepare different microcapsules. the effect of d...

The purpose of this research work was to obtain directly compressible enteric recrystallized agglomerates of erythromycin containing enteric polymers by emulsion solvent diffusion technique. Selected solvent for the process includes the best solvent (ethyl alcohol), non-solvent (distilled water) and bridging liquid (chloroform) according to their solubility in different organic solvent. The dif...