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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Ethylcellulose-A Pharmaceutical Excipient with Multidirectional Application in Drug Dosage Forms Development.

Katarzyna Wasilewska, Katarzyna Winnicka

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Katarzyna WasilewskaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland. katarzyna.wasilewska@umb.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-5333-7016
Katarzyna WinnickaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland. kwin@umb.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-1013-610X

Funding

Medical University of Bialystok N/ST/MN/18/002/2215 and SUB/2/DN/19/004/2215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymers constitute the most important group of excipients utilized in modern pharmaceutical technology, playing an essential role in the development of drug dosage forms. Synthetic, semisynthetic, and natural polymeric materials offer opportunities to overcome different formulative challenges and to design novel dosage forms for controlled release or for site-specific drug delivery. They are extensively used to design therapeutic systems, modify drug release, or mask unpleasant drug taste. Cellulose derivatives are characterized by different physicochemical properties, such as swellability, viscosity, biodegradability, pH dependency, or mucoadhesion, which determine their use in industry. One cellulose derivative with widespread application is ethylcellulose. Ethylcellulose is used in pharmaceutical technology as a coating agent, flavoring fixative, binder, filler, film-former, drug carrier, or stabilizer. The aim of this article is to provide a broad overview of ethylcellulose utilization for pharmaceutical purposes, with particular emphasis on its multidirectional role in the development of oral and topical drug dosage forms.

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cellulose derivativeethylcellulosepharmaceutical excipientpolymeric material

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PMID31627271
PMCPMC6829386

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