Artigo
Effect of drying technique on some physical properties of cross-linked high amylose/pectin mixtures
Fecha
2013-02-01Registro en:
Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, v. 39, n. 2, p. 284-289, 2013.
0363-9045
1520-5762
10.3109/03639045.2012.679278
WOS:000313679800013
2-s2.0-84872467778
5361569184579557
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Resumen
Polymers mixtures as well as cross-linking reactions are approaches that have been used successfully to modulate the polymers characteristics in order to improve the control over drug release rate. High amylose and pectin are polysaccharides frequently used to prepare drug delivery systems. Since the drying technique can strongly influence the properties of such systems, the aim of this work was to characterize high amylose/pectin mixtures cross-linked with sodium trimetaphosphate and dried by different techniques-oven and lyophilization. The results showed that samples dried by lyophilization presented reduced particle size, higher porosity and higher swelling ability than the samples dried in oven. Besides, lower thermal stability and different diffraction patterns showed by the former particles should reflect the structural changes as a function of drying technique. © 2013 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.