Journal
DRYING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 15, Pages 1837-1848Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2013.829852
Keywords
Carbon dioxide; Insulin particles; Insulin-tripalmitin composites; RESS; Supercritical drying
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- NSFC [21276212]
- SRFDP [20100121110009]
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A supercritical assisted drying (SAD) process was employed to produce insulin submicroparticles from an ethanol/water solution. The effect of the processing conditions on the morphology, size, and thermodynamic activity of the produced particles was investigated. Insulin particles generated from the process were generally spherical with average sizes between 0.4 and 1.1 mu m. FTIR, HPLC, the Lowry method, and DTA-TG were implemented to investigate the thermodynamic activity and solvent residue of the produced particles. Results showed that the ethanol content of the aqueous solution had a more sensitive effect on the thermodynamic activity of the insulin particles than other operating factors; a high content of ethanol tended to denature the insulin particles. A rapid expansion of supercritical solutions (RESS)-SAD combined process was proposed to produce insulin-tripalmitin composite particles. Results indicated that irregular composite particles with insulin content of 33.1%, having a bimodal particle size distribution with two peaks at 3.5 and 11.0 mu m, were obtained at 50.0 degrees C and 12.0 MPa. These particles revealed no initial burst with a sustained release of insulin of more than 400 min.
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