Roles of granule size in over-granulation during high shear wet granulation.
Roles of granule size in over-granulation during high shear wet granulation.
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高剪切湿法制粒过程中颗粒尺寸在过度制粒中的作用。
DOI:
10.1002/jps.22118
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Changquan Calvin Sun
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作者:
Limin Shi;Yushi Feng;Changquan Calvin Sun
A mechanistic understanding of the over-granulation problem during high shear wet granulation (HSWG) process can guide efficient development of robust formulation and manufacturing process. Using microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) as a model compound, we demonstrate that size enlargement is an important mechanism for over-granulation in HSWG. A higher granulation water level results in larger granules and lower tabletability. With increasing water, granules enlarge sharply when water level is higher than 65%. Granule tabletability deteriorates with increasing granule size and becomes over-granulated when more than 70% water is used. For a batch of over-granulated granule that is ground and sieved, tabletability of the sieved fractions decreases with increasing granule size. The tabletability of the finest fraction (45-90 microm) is nearly four times that of the largest fraction (300-425 microm). These results show that size reduction can be an effective strategy to address the problem of over-granulation.