title: Microencapsulation techniques, factors influencing encapsulation efficiency.
abstract: Microencapsulation is one of the quality preservation techniques of sensitive substances and a method for production of materials with new valuable properties. Microencapsulation is a process of enclosing micron-sized particles in a polymeric shell. There are different techniques available for the encapsulation of drug entities. The encapsulation efficiency of the microparticle or microsphere or microcapsule depends upon different factors like concentration of the polymer, solubility of polymer in solvent, rate of solvent removal, solubility of organic solvent in water, etc. The present article provides a literature review of different microencapsulation techniques and different factors influencing the encapsulation efficiency of the microencapsulation technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, Hindu College of pharmacy, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. nvn.jyothi567@gmail.com
authors.forename: N Venkata Naga
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Jyothi
authors.forename: P Muthu
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Prasanna
authors.forename: Suhas Narayan
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Sakarkar
authors.forename: K Surya
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Prabha
authors.forename: P Seetha
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Ramaiah
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Srawan
mesh_terms: D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers