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dc.contributor.authorScott, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Kavil
dc.contributor.authorSithole, Tariro
dc.contributor.authorXenofontos, Konstantina
dc.contributor.authorMohylyuk, Valentyn
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Fang
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-04T00:06:01Z
dc.date.available2020-07-04T00:06:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-30
dc.identifier.citationScott , N , Patel , K , Sithole , T , Xenofontos , K , Mohylyuk , V & Liu , F 2020 , ' Regulating the pH of bicarbonate solutions without purging gases: Application to dissolution testing of enteric coated tablets, pellets and microparticles ' , International Journal of Pharmaceutics , vol. 585 , 119562 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119562
dc.identifier.issn0378-5173
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/22938
dc.description© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
dc.description.abstractDissolution media based on bicarbonate buffers closely mimic the environment of intestinal fluids and thus improve in vitro in vivo correlation compared to phosphate buffers. Purging gases into the medium is used as a method to stabilise bicarbonate buffers; however, this causes issues due to the disturbance of the hydrodynamics in the dissolution vessel. The aim of this study was to develop a novel system to regulate and stabilise the pH of bicarbonate buffers without purging gases for the application of dissolution testing of enteric coated products. A novel enclosure system was applied to the USP II dissolution vessel to supply N2 and CO2 gases above the dissolution medium without purging into the solution. Drug release from enteric coated predinisolone microparticles (216.9 µm), pellets (1.25 mm) and commercially available tablets was determined in 0.1 M HCl and subsequently in pH 6.8 phosphate buffer or pH 6.2–6.8 bicarbonate buffers generated by titration of the acidic medium in situ using USP II apparatus. Supplying N2 at 3–4 bar and CO2 at 0.1 bar were able to increase the pH of the bicarbonate buffer from pH 6.2 to 6.8 within 45 min and subsequently stabilise the medium pH at 6.8 ± 0.05 pH units. Enteric coated microparticles showed much faster drug release in the physiological bicarbonate buffers than tablets and pellets. The novel bicarbonate-based dissolution system moves forward the application of the physiological bicarbonate buffers for testing pharmaceutical products to meet compendial requirements.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
dc.titleRegulating the pH of bicarbonate solutions without purging gases: Application to dissolution testing of enteric coated tablets, pellets and microparticlesen
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Clinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research into Topical Drug Delivery and Toxicology
dc.contributor.institutionPharmaceutics
dc.contributor.institutionPharmaceutical Analysis and Product Characterisation
dc.contributor.institutionBioadhesive Drug Delivery Group
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Science
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.date.embargoedUntil2021-06-18
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119562
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
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