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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Utilization of Ethylcellulose Microparticles with Rupatadine Fumarate in Designing Orodispersible Minitablets with Taste Masking Effect.

Katarzyna Wasilewska, Patrycja Ciosek-Skibińska, Joanna Lenik, Stanko Srčič, Anna Basa, Katarzyna Winnicka

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Katarzyna WasilewskaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5333-7016
Patrycja Ciosek-SkibińskaChair of Medical Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.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.ORCID 0000-0002-2364-4429
Stanko SrčičDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva c. 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Anna BasaDepartment of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2331-1779
Katarzyna WinnickaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1013-610X

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Uniwersytet Medyczny w Bialymstoku SUB/2/DN/19/004/2215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minitablets in orodispersible form constitute a flexible drug delivery tool for paediatric and geriatric population as they eliminate the risk of chocking and do not require drinking water in the application. Due to their direct contact with taste buds, taste sensation is an important factor. Preparing microparticles with taste masking polymers utilizing spray drying is an efficient technique for reducing the bitterness of drugs. Ethylcellulose is a hydrophobic polymer widely used as a taste masking material. Rupatadine fumarate, one of the newest antihistamines, features an intensive bitter taste, hence in designing orodispersible formulations, achieving an acceptable taste is a crucial issue. The main objective of this work was to formulate orodispersible minitablets containing taste masked ethylcellulose-based microparticles with rupatadine fumarate and evaluation of their quality, especially in terms of taste masking efficacy. The accessed data indicated that all obtained minitablets were characterized by beneficial pharmaceutical properties. Three independent methods: in vivo with healthy volunteers, in vitro drug dissolution, and "electronic tongue" confirmed that all designed formulations provided satisfactory taste masking rate and that formulation F15 (prepared with Pearlitol

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ethylcellulosemicroparticlesorodispersible minitabletsrupatadine fumaratespray dryingtaste masking

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