Sustained Release of Ferrous Sulphate from Polymer Coated Gum Arabic Pellets

Introduction

Controlled release technology is emerging as an important tool for increasing the effectiveness of biologically active materials. This technology can be used in treatment of a number of diseases such as glaucoma, motion sickness, etc. The technology can also be used for dental therapy, antifertility, deliver of hormones/enzymes, cancer therapy and immunization. The aim of a controlled delivery system is to obtain the release of an active agent at a required rate, meeting the therapeutic need. This technology has been developed for controlled releases ferrous sulphate that can be designed for both oral iron therapy and parenteral iron - therapy for treatment of iron Sustained release of ferrous sulphate from gum pellets has been achieved. Release can further be sustained for 12 - 600 hours by coating the pellets with polyvinyl acetate & ethylene acetate respectively.

Prospective Users

Medical Profession

Keywords

Controlled delivery, Ferrous Sulphate

Developed by : Prof. Alok Ray
Department: Center for Biomedical Engineering

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