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Fujiwara,Gislene Mari; Campos,Ranieri; Costa,Camila Klocker; Dias,Josiane de Fátima Gaspari; Miguel,Obdulio Gomes; Miguel,Marilis Dallarmi; Marques,Francisco de Assis; Zanin,Sandra Maria Warumby. |
Stigmasterol - a plant sterol with several pharmacological activities - is susceptible to oxidation when exposed to air, a process enhanced by heat and humidity. In this context, microencapsulation is a way of preventing oxidation, allowing stigmasterol to be incorporated into various pharmaceutical forms while increasing its absorption. Microparticles were obtained using a blend of polymers of sodium alginate, starch and chitosan as the coating material through a one-stage process using the external gelation technique. Resultant microparticles were spherical, averaging 1.4 mm in size. Encapsulation efficiency was 90.42% and method yield 94.87%. The amount of stigmasterol in the oil recovered from microparticles was 9.97 mg/g. This technique proved... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Stigmasterol/microencapsulation; Microencapsulation; Sodium alginate/drugs coating; Chitosan/drugs coating; Starch/drugs coating; Natural polymers/drugs coating. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000300015 |
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