Microencapsulation by solvent evaporation: State of the art for process engineering approaches

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 26-39

  Li, Ming ^a   Rouaud, Olivier ^a   Poncelet, Denis ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Microencapsulation; Microsphere; Modeling; Solidification; Solvent evaporation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; CETRIMIDE; CHLOROFORM; CISPLATIN; CYCLAZOCINE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ETHYL CELLULOSE; INSULIN; LIDOCAINE; MACROGOL; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICROSPHERE; NALTREXONE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; PEPTIDE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; SURFACTANT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VACCINE;

BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG STABILITY; EVAPORATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROENCAPSULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY;

DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 51649129933     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.07.018     Document Type: Review

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