Alginate-pomegranate peels' polyphenols beads: effects of formulation parameters on loading efficiency

Calcium alginate beads containing pomegranate peels' polyphenol extract were encapsulated by ionic gelation method. The effects of various formulation factors (sodium alginate concentration, calcium chloride concentration, calcium chloride exposure time, gelling bath time maintaining, and extra...

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Main Authors: Wissam Zam, Ghada Bashour, Wassim Abdelwahed, Warid Khayata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502014000400741&lng=en&tlng=en