- Docente: Vittorio Zecchi
- Credits: 7
- SSD: CHIM/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Herbal Medicine (cod. 0036)
Course contents
Introduction to herbal formulation.
The concept of bioavailability and controlled release.
Dissolution and solubility. Passive diffusion through a membrane.
Enhancing solubility strategies. Micellation. Salification. Complexation.
Monophasic and biphasic systems: formulation technologies, stability and production.
Solid dosage forms: formulation technologies, stability and production.
Extraction procedures. Extraction of some important volatile oils and their evaluation.
Formulation development for herbal drugs including preformulation, formulation and stability issue.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Office hours
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