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ArticlePolymers2019

Ethylcellulose in Organic Solution or Aqueous Dispersion Form in Designing Taste-Masked Microparticles by the Spray Drying Technique with a Model Bitter Drug: Rupatadine Fumarate.

Katarzyna Wasilewska, Marta Szekalska, Patrycja Ciosek-Skibinska, Joanna Lenik, Anna Basa, Julia Jacyna, Michal Markuszewski, Katarzyna Winnicka

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Article in Polymers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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Katarzyna WasilewskaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland. katarzyna.wasilewska@umb.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-5333-7016
Marta SzekalskaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland. marta.szekalska@umb.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-4340-5350
Patrycja Ciosek-SkibinskaDepartament of Microbioanalytics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland. pciosek@ch.pw.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-8265-1039
Joanna LenikDepartment of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, M. Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland. j.lenik@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-2364-4429
Anna BasaInstitute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland. abasa@uwb.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-2331-1779
Julia JacynaDepartment of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdańsk, Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland. julia.jacyna@gumed.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0001-6782-5638
Michal MarkuszewskiDepartment of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdańsk, Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland. michal.markuszewski@gumed.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-1166-4817
Katarzyna WinnickaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland. kwin@umb.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-1013-610X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The taste of drugs is an important factor affecting pharmacotherapy effectiveness, and obtaining formulations with acceptable organoleptic properties is still an ongoing issue in pharmaceutical technology. One of the innovative methods of taste masking is preparation of microparticles by the spray drying technique, utilizing polymers with different physicochemical properties. Rupatadine fumarate (RUP) is one of the newest antihistamines, with an innovative and multidirectional mechanism of action, and an extremely bitter taste. The aim of this work was to investigate the feasibility of utilizing organic or aqueous forms of ethylcellulose (EC) for the preparation of microparticles with RUP by the spray drying technique. Spray dried samples at different drug:polymer ratios were prepared using organic solution (Ethocel

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cellulose derivativeethylcellulosemicroparticlesrupatadine fumaratespray dryingtaste masking polymer

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PMID30960506
PMCPMC6473340

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