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Published on: September 20, 2017
[Studies on preparation and dissolution test in vitro of sustained-release dropping pills of curcumin]
Yu Fang1, Bai Xiang, Zhen-Hua Pan
1Pharmacy Faculty of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China. triqq@126.com
Objective:
To study the prescription and technique of sustained-release dropping pills of curcumin and inspect their release property in vitro.
Methods:
The orthogonal test was used to screen the prescription and technique which were definited with the colligation evaluation of release and formation of dropping pills.
Results:
The optimization of prescription and technique were as follows: stearic acid 70 mg, glycery monostearate 25 mg, solutol 6 mg, viscosity of cooling liquid was 100 mm2/s; the temperature of material liquid was 80 degrees C; the cooling temperature was 30 - 0 degrees C; the dropping speed was (21 +/- 2) dripping/min. The release behavior of sustained-release dropping pills of curcumin coincidented with Higuchi equation well and the character of sustained-release was transparent.
Conclusions:
The sustained-release dropping pills of curcumin have good property of sustained-release in vitro and their release behavior in vivo need to be inspected.
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