Development of Hot Melt Coating Technique for Taste Masking of Chloroquine Phosphate Tablets

  • Ashwini R. Madgulkar
  • Mangesh R. Bhalekar
  • aishwarya Deepak vaidya AISSMS college of pharmacy ,Pune university
  • Pauroosh Kaushal
  • R. P. Mudalwadkar

Abstract

In the present study to mask the unpleasant taste of chloroquine phosphate, hot melt coating technique was used as a taste masking tool. Hot melt coating is a solvent free technology grants rapid, additionally economical coating process with reduced risk of dissolving drug during process and provide uniform application rate of coating agent. Precirol ATO 5 was used as hot melt coating material for taste masking. Tablets were prepared by wet granulation method and coated using hot melt coating technique. Coated tablets exhibited good uniformity of drug content. Amount of drug release from all batches were evaluated. Taste evaluation of hot melt coated tablets was done by using electronic tongue.PrecirolATO5 was found to be a better taste masking agent when used by hot melt coating technique.


Keywords: Precirol ATO 5, Hot melt coating, taste masking.

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Madgulkar AR, Bhalekar MR, vaidya aishwarya, Kaushal P, Mudalwadkar RP. Development of Hot Melt Coating Technique for Taste Masking of Chloroquine Phosphate Tablets. JDDT [Internet]. 19Aug.2019 [cited 29Mar.2024];9(4-s):562-8. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/3213