title: Preparation of floating drug delivery system by plasma technique.
abstract: A novel intragastric floating drug delivery system (FDDS) has been prepared by pulsed plasma-irradiation on the double-compressed tablet of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) as a core material with outer layer composed of a 68/17/15 weight ratio of Povidone (PVP), Eudragit RL (E-RL) and NaHCO3. The plasma heat flux caused the thermal decomposition of NaHCO3 to generate carbon dioxide and the resultant gases were trapped in bulk phase of outer layer, so that the tablets turned to have a lower density than the gastric contents and remained buoyant in simulated gastric fluid for a prolonged period of time. In addition, the release of 5-FU from the tablet is sustained by occurrence of plasma-induced crosslink reaction on the outer layer of tablet and the release rate of 5-FU can be well controlled by plasma operational conditions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasai
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuzuya
mesh_terms: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000737:chemistry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D011205:Povidone / Q000737:chemistry; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate / Q000737:chemistry; D013607:Tablets / Q000737:chemistry; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D011108:Polymers; D013607:Tablets; C058665:Eudragit RL; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate; D011205:Povidone; D005472:Fluorouracil