Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals

Dense phase carbon dioxide is used in pharmaceutical processingsince it is nontoxic, nonflammable, inexpensive, and easily accessible. For decades it has been utilized in food and chemical processing due to its ability to provide a high degree of purification, and to produce submicron particles with...

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Main Authors: Foster, Neil, Mammucari, R., Danh, L., Teoh, W.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55564
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Teoh, W.
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description Dense phase carbon dioxide is used in pharmaceutical processingsince it is nontoxic, nonflammable, inexpensive, and easily accessible. For decades it has been utilized in food and chemical processing due to its ability to provide a high degree of purification, and to produce submicron particles with uniform particle size distribution. In recent years, DPCD technology has been explored and used in pharmaceutical processing to obtain ultra-high-purity active pharmaceutical ingredients and, more significantly, to modify their physical characteristics regarding particle size distribution, crystalline structure, and surface topography crucial for the drugs stability, bioavailability, ease of delivery, and clinical performance. The aim of this chapter is to describe the application of dense phase CO 2 as a solvent or antisolvent to pharmaceutical processes, presenting the experimental equipment, the main results obtained from the application of the technology, and the advantages of using pressurized CO 2 . © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Professional.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-555642017-09-13T16:10:17Z Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals Foster, Neil Mammucari, R. Danh, L. Teoh, W. Dense phase carbon dioxide is used in pharmaceutical processingsince it is nontoxic, nonflammable, inexpensive, and easily accessible. For decades it has been utilized in food and chemical processing due to its ability to provide a high degree of purification, and to produce submicron particles with uniform particle size distribution. In recent years, DPCD technology has been explored and used in pharmaceutical processing to obtain ultra-high-purity active pharmaceutical ingredients and, more significantly, to modify their physical characteristics regarding particle size distribution, crystalline structure, and surface topography crucial for the drugs stability, bioavailability, ease of delivery, and clinical performance. The aim of this chapter is to describe the application of dense phase CO 2 as a solvent or antisolvent to pharmaceutical processes, presenting the experimental equipment, the main results obtained from the application of the technology, and the advantages of using pressurized CO 2 . © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Professional. 2012 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55564 10.1002/9781118243350.ch10 restricted
spellingShingle Foster, Neil
Mammucari, R.
Danh, L.
Teoh, W.
Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals
title Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals
title_full Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals
title_fullStr Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals
title_full_unstemmed Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals
title_short Particle Engineering by Dense Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals
title_sort particle engineering by dense gas technologies applied to pharmaceuticals
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55564