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  • Title: Effect of drug loading and molecular weight of cellulose acetate propionate on the release characteristics of theophylline microspheres.
    Author: Shukla AJ, Price JC.
    Journal: Pharm Res; 1991 Nov; 8(11):1396-400. PubMed ID: 1798676.
    Abstract:
    Microspheres with 40, 50, and 60% drug loading of anhydrous theophylline core material were prepared by the emulsion-solvent evaporation method. Three different molecular weights of cellulose acetate propionate were used as encapsulating polymers. The geometric mean diameter of the microspheres increased with drug loading for all polymers. Dissolution rate for a given particle size fraction also increased with drug loading for all polymers. Higuchi/Baker-Lonsdale spherical matrix dissolution kinetics were followed by narrow particle size fractions of the microspheres. A linear relationship between the T-50% (time required for 50% of the drug to be released) and the square of microsphere diameter was observed with all three molecular weights of the encapsulants. The slowest drug release was obtained with the high molecular weight polymer, which also produced the smoothest microspheres.
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