Publication: Effect of heat on characteristics of chitosan film coated on theophylline tablets
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2002-10-18
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03639045
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Mahidol University
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Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. Vol.28, No.8 (2002), 919-930
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Jurairat Nunthanid, Suchada Wanchana, Pornsak Sriamornsak, Sontaya Limmatavapirat, Manee Luangtana-anan, Satit Puttipipatkhachorn Effect of heat on characteristics of chitosan film coated on theophylline tablets. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. Vol.28, No.8 (2002), 919-930. doi:10.1081/DDC-120006424 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20037
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Effect of heat on characteristics of chitosan film coated on theophylline tablets
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The effect of heat on the characteristics of chitosan film coated on theophylline tablets was studied. Chitosan of high viscosity grade with molecular weight in the range of 800,000-1,000,000, 80-85% degree of deacetylation was used as a film former by dissolving in 1% v/v acetic acid solution. The coated tablets had been cured at 40, 60, and 100°C for 6, 12, and 24 hr. The morphology of the film at the edge and surface of coated tablets was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. Film cracking was increased and clearly observed in the coated tablets cured at 100°C for 24 hr. As a result, more water could be absorbed into the tablets, followed by faster disintegration and faster drug release. The evidence of partial conversion of chitosonium acetate to chitin in the 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of chitosan films cured at 40, 60, and 100°C was observed, but it had no effect on drug release behavior. Theophylline tablets coated with chitosan films gave sustained release behavior in various media, i.e., distilled water, 0.1 N hydrochloric acid, pH4.5 acetate buffer, and pH6.8 phosphate buffer. In addition, the film coating temperature at 55-60°C and curing process at 40 and 60°C had no effect on the drug release from theophylline tablets coated with chitosan polymer. Finally, it might be concluded that both the physical and chemical properties of chitosan films were affected by heat.