Enhancement of the immediate release of paracetamol from alginate beads

• Main Authors: Hamed, Samah, Ayob, Farah Amalina, Alfatama, Mulham, Doolaanea, Abd Almonem
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd 2017
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57264/1/Enhancement%20of%20the%20immediate%20release%20of%20paracetamol%20from%20alginate%20beads.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57264/7/57264_Enhancement%20of%20the%20immediate%20release_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57264/; https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijap/article/viewFile/15672/10165.pdf

Objective: Alginate beads are not soluble in the acid leading to small portion released in the stomach. This may not be favourable for drugs administered for fast action like paracetamol. So, this study was aimed to increase the immediate release of paracetamol from alginate beads, i.e. the releas...