Monitoring model drug microencapsulation in PLGA scaffolds using X-ray powder d

• Main Authors: Adeyinka Aina (Author), Manish Gupta (Author), Yamina Boukari (Author), Andrew Morris (Author), Nashiru Billa (Author), Stephen Doughty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The microencapsulation of three model drugs; metronidazole, paracetamol and sulphapyridine into Poly (dl-Lactide-Co-Glycolide) (PLGA) scaffolds were probed using X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD). Changes in the diffraction patterns of the PLGA scaffolds after encapsulation was suggestive of a chemica...