Prolonged releasing gastroretentive drug delivery system using biopolymers

• Main Author: Nathanael, William
• Other Authors: Loo Say Chye Joachim
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156246
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Antiparkinsonian drugs, such as Entacapone, must be absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract, and thus a gastroretentive delivery system is required. There are many possible approaches to the gastro-retention problem, including expandable systems, bioadhesive systems, and magnetic systems, but t...