18. June 2018

Gelucire® is Gattefossé’s brand of semi-solid excipients originally designed for hard gelatin capsule molding. The name results from the fusion between « gélule » meaning capsule and « cire » meaning wax. Following the name, there is a set of two figures: the first (eg 44) indicates the melting point in Celsius degree, the second (eg 14) indicates the theoretical HLB (Hydrophilic Lipophilic balance). The family is composed of four products with their own characteristics, specificities...

12. September 2017

The goal of this study was to prepare sustained release microparticles for methyl blue and aspartame as sparingly and freely water-soluble model drugs by lipid film coating in a Mini-Glatt fluid bed, and to assess the effect of coating load of two of lipids, hard fat and glyceryl stearate, on the release rates