Effect of alginate-pectin composition on drug release characteristics of microcapsules
Abstract: Microencapsulation of model drug, acetylsalicylic acid into bio-based polymer, alginate-pectin matrix has been undertaken in this work to characterize the microcapsules based on their composition. Different proportions of the alginate-pectin solutions prepared with drug were homogenized and atomized using nitrogen gas into 1.0 M calcium chloride solution to form sol-gel microcapsules. Drug loaded microcapsules were [...]