Encapsulating biopolymeric microparticles within floating capsules for oral delivery of drugs

• Main Author: Low, Celine Yan Jing
• Other Authors: Loo Say Chye Joachim
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156249
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Solid lipid microparticles (LMP) are alternatives to polymeric nanoparticles for the encapsulation of hydrophobic components that have poor bioavailability. However, the usual method of fabrication of solid LMP through high pressure homogenization had limitations that caused low encapsulation e...