ABOUT AUTHOR:
Anilkumar
Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology
Bangalore, India
anilkumar3092@gmail.com
INTRODUCTION
The dissolution rate of drug from tablet is affected by its active ingredient’s surface area and consequently, affects in oral bioavailability of the product. The development of formulations containing poorly-water-soluble drugs for oral delivery can be achieved by improving their dissolution. It has been found that increasing the available surface area by reducing the particle size can often markedly improve dissolution rates and lead to dramatic improvements in bioavailability. In some cases, the decreasing drug particle through micronized powder by milling tends to agglomerate or accelerate the polymorphic conversion. According to the differences of solubility and dissolution rates of polymorphs, the bioavailability of pharmaceuticals depends on polymorphous crystals. It has been shown that the polymorph in amorphous form of drug usually dissolves more rapidly than the corresponding crystalline form. Therefore the dissolution and bioavailability of formulation containing active ingredient in amorphous form including pseudopolymorphs form such as solvates would be increased. On the other hand, the processes in making tablets, including blending, granulating, drying and especially compressing affected therapeutic property of the drug because polymorphic forms, crystal habit, size and surface area would be changed during these processes.1
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