Kinetic study of ultrasonic antisolvent crystallization of sirolimus
Kinetic study of ultrasonic antisolvent crystallization of sirolimus
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DOI:
10.1002/crat.200900717
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发表时间:
2010-03-01
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1.5
通讯作者:
Murthy, Z. V. P.
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作者:
Gandhi, P. J.;Murthy, Z. V. P.
Sirolimus, generally used in organ transplantation, is derived from bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Mass transfer controlled ultrasonic antisolvent method was used for determining the precipitation kinetics of sirolimus. The effect of temperature was determined on the particles size, percentage recovery, critical radius of nucleus, mass transfer coefficient, etc. for sirolimus dissolved in methanol and antisolvent water using ultrasonic treatment. The study was done using classical nucleation theory, which can also be applied to precipitation processes. Experiments were carried out at various temperatures; viz: 45, 50, 60 and 70 degrees C and the percentage recoveries of sirolimus were found to be 90.74, 91.5, 92.64 and 93.61%, respectively, for initial amount of 8 mg dissolved in 1 mL of solvent and further introduced into 12 mL of HPLC water. The final average diameters of crystals observed for the temperatures were 1371, 1287, 1063 and 863 nm, respectively. The systems were found to be mass transfer controlling and that the mass diffusivities were found to be about 3.97x10(-9), 4.00x10(-9), 3.01x10(-9) and 1.92x10(-9) m(2)/s, respectively. 0 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim