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Recent Advances in Granulation Techniques


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1 Department of Pharmaceutics, Satara College of Pharmacy, Degaon, Satara-415004 (MS), India
2 Department of Pharmaceutics, Yashoda Technical Campus, Wadhe, Satara-415011 (MS), India
     

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Granulation is one of the most important unit operation in the production of pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. Granulation is used mainly to improve flow, compressibility of powders, and to prevent segregation of the blend components, improve content uniformity, and eliminate excessive amounts of fine particles. The results will be improved yields, reduced tablet defects, increased productivity, and reduced down time. Particle size of the granules is mainly affected by the quantity and feeding rate of granulating liquid. Pharmaceutical granules typically have a size range between 0.2 and 4.0 mm, depending on their subsequent use. Among all granulating techniques, Moisture Activated Dry Granulation (MADG) technology is widely used in granulation of moisture sensitive active pharmaceutical ingredients. The objective of present work is to focus on the novel granulation technologies.

Keywords

Granulation, Content Uniformity, Moisture Activated Dry Granulation (MADG) Technology, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.
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Authors

Namdeo Shinde
Department of Pharmaceutics, Satara College of Pharmacy, Degaon, Satara-415004 (MS), India
Nagesh Aloorkar
Department of Pharmaceutics, Satara College of Pharmacy, Degaon, Satara-415004 (MS), India
Ajit Kulkarni
Department of Pharmaceutics, Satara College of Pharmacy, Degaon, Satara-415004 (MS), India
Bhaskar Bangar
Department of Pharmaceutics, Satara College of Pharmacy, Degaon, Satara-415004 (MS), India
Suyog Sulake
Department of Pharmaceutics, Satara College of Pharmacy, Degaon, Satara-415004 (MS), India
Pratik Kumbhar
Department of Pharmaceutics, Yashoda Technical Campus, Wadhe, Satara-415011 (MS), India

Abstract


Granulation is one of the most important unit operation in the production of pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. Granulation is used mainly to improve flow, compressibility of powders, and to prevent segregation of the blend components, improve content uniformity, and eliminate excessive amounts of fine particles. The results will be improved yields, reduced tablet defects, increased productivity, and reduced down time. Particle size of the granules is mainly affected by the quantity and feeding rate of granulating liquid. Pharmaceutical granules typically have a size range between 0.2 and 4.0 mm, depending on their subsequent use. Among all granulating techniques, Moisture Activated Dry Granulation (MADG) technology is widely used in granulation of moisture sensitive active pharmaceutical ingredients. The objective of present work is to focus on the novel granulation technologies.

Keywords


Granulation, Content Uniformity, Moisture Activated Dry Granulation (MADG) Technology, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.

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