Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process

Tamoxifen is an anti-estrogen drug which has shown tremendous excellent recovery rate in breast cancer treatment. However, after a long term of consumption, patients are prone to experience side effects of tamoxifen. These side effects however can be reduced in controlled drug delivery, using encaps...

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Main Authors: Alias, Dalila, Yunus, Robiah, Chong, Gun Hean, Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63226/1/Single%20step%20encapsulation%20process%20of%20tamoxifen%20in%20biodegradable%20polymer%20using%20.pdf
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author Alias, Dalila
Yunus, Robiah
Chong, Gun Hean
Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim
author_facet Alias, Dalila
Yunus, Robiah
Chong, Gun Hean
Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim
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description Tamoxifen is an anti-estrogen drug which has shown tremendous excellent recovery rate in breast cancer treatment. However, after a long term of consumption, patients are prone to experience side effects of tamoxifen. These side effects however can be reduced in controlled drug delivery, using encapsulation within biodegradable method. Supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process was chosen to synthesize tamoxifen encapsulated in poly-l-lactic using supercritical carbon dioxide as the anti-solvent. Conventionally, this encapsulation was carried out using processes such as solvent evaporation, spray drying and high pressure homogenization process. In SAS process, only a single step precipitation process was required to produce encapsulated particles and particles can be directly used upon process completion. Techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX) were used to characterize the powder from SAS process and compared with raw tamoxifen as a reference. It was noted crystallinity of tamoxifen changes from crystalline to amorphous due to rapid precipitation process, but thermal properties such as melting point of tamoxifen retains after SAS process. From EDX analysis, it was found that no trace of solvent existed in the final product, thus indicating solvent was completely removed from the final product of SAS process.
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spelling upm-632262018-09-26T01:46:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63226/ Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process Alias, Dalila Yunus, Robiah Chong, Gun Hean Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim Tamoxifen is an anti-estrogen drug which has shown tremendous excellent recovery rate in breast cancer treatment. However, after a long term of consumption, patients are prone to experience side effects of tamoxifen. These side effects however can be reduced in controlled drug delivery, using encapsulation within biodegradable method. Supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process was chosen to synthesize tamoxifen encapsulated in poly-l-lactic using supercritical carbon dioxide as the anti-solvent. Conventionally, this encapsulation was carried out using processes such as solvent evaporation, spray drying and high pressure homogenization process. In SAS process, only a single step precipitation process was required to produce encapsulated particles and particles can be directly used upon process completion. Techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX) were used to characterize the powder from SAS process and compared with raw tamoxifen as a reference. It was noted crystallinity of tamoxifen changes from crystalline to amorphous due to rapid precipitation process, but thermal properties such as melting point of tamoxifen retains after SAS process. From EDX analysis, it was found that no trace of solvent existed in the final product, thus indicating solvent was completely removed from the final product of SAS process. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63226/1/Single%20step%20encapsulation%20process%20of%20tamoxifen%20in%20biodegradable%20polymer%20using%20.pdf Alias, Dalila and Yunus, Robiah and Chong, Gun Hean and Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim (2017) Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process. Powder Technology, 309. 89 - 94. ISSN 0032-5910; ESSN: 1873-328X 10.1016/j.powtec.2016.12.039
spellingShingle Alias, Dalila
Yunus, Robiah
Chong, Gun Hean
Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim
Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process
title Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process
title_full Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process
title_fullStr Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process
title_full_unstemmed Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process
title_short Single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) process
title_sort single step encapsulation process of tamoxifen in biodegradable polymer using supercritical anti-solvent (sas) process
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63226/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63226/1/Single%20step%20encapsulation%20process%20of%20tamoxifen%20in%20biodegradable%20polymer%20using%20.pdf