Impact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums

Medicated chewing gums (MCGs) represent a beneficial platform for realizing drugs intended for dental prophylaxis and treatment. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of compression force on the mechanical, textural, release, and chewing perception characteristics of compressible MCGs wi...

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Autores principales: Yuliia Maslii, Tetiana Kolisnyk, Olena Ruban, Olga Yevtifieieva, Svitlana Gureyeva, Andriy Goy, Giedre Kasparaviciene, Zenona Kalveniene, Jurga Bernatoniene
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bb3345109e534c778e0e93ff3272f3d22021-11-25T18:40:50ZImpact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums10.3390/pharmaceutics131118081999-4923https://doaj.org/article/bb3345109e534c778e0e93ff3272f3d22021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/11/1808https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4923Medicated chewing gums (MCGs) represent a beneficial platform for realizing drugs intended for dental prophylaxis and treatment. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of compression force on the mechanical, textural, release, and chewing perception characteristics of compressible MCGs with the combination of lysozyme hydrochloride (LH) and ascorbic acid (AsA). Four batches of MCGs were obtained on a laboratory single-punch tablet machine applying different forces, i.e., 5, 7, 10, and 15 kN, and evaluated by their geometrical parameters, mechanical resistance, surface and internal structure characteristics, texture profile, release behavior, and perception attributes during mastication. It was found that increasing compression force slightly affected resistance to crushing and friability of MCGs, but resulted in surface smoothing and formation of a thicker layer with highly compacted particle arrangement. According to the texture analysis, increasing compression force led to harder and more adhesive gums, indicating possible difficulties in chewing and, therefore, impairment of their consumer properties. Lower compression forces were also found to be preferable in terms of better drug release from the obtained chewing gums. The volunteers’ assessment showed that an increase of compression force led to significantly raising the initial hardness and crumbliness as well as to decreasing the rate of the integral gum mass formation during mastication, which may negatively affect perceptive sensations when using MCGs. Based on the results obtained, the optimal compressing force was selected to be 7 kN, which allows obtaining MCGs with good organoleptic, mechanical, textural, and release properties.Yuliia MasliiTetiana KolisnykOlena RubanOlga YevtifieievaSvitlana GureyevaAndriy GoyGiedre KasparavicieneZenona KalvenieneJurga BernatonieneMDPI AGarticlecompressible medicated chewing gumscompression forcemechanical resistancetextural analysisrelease profilechewing perception propertiesPharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441ENPharmaceutics, Vol 13, Iss 1808, p 1808 (2021)
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topic compressible medicated chewing gums
compression force
mechanical resistance
textural analysis
release profile
chewing perception properties
Pharmacy and materia medica
RS1-441
spellingShingle compressible medicated chewing gums
compression force
mechanical resistance
textural analysis
release profile
chewing perception properties
Pharmacy and materia medica
RS1-441
Yuliia Maslii
Tetiana Kolisnyk
Olena Ruban
Olga Yevtifieieva
Svitlana Gureyeva
Andriy Goy
Giedre Kasparaviciene
Zenona Kalveniene
Jurga Bernatoniene
Impact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums
description Medicated chewing gums (MCGs) represent a beneficial platform for realizing drugs intended for dental prophylaxis and treatment. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of compression force on the mechanical, textural, release, and chewing perception characteristics of compressible MCGs with the combination of lysozyme hydrochloride (LH) and ascorbic acid (AsA). Four batches of MCGs were obtained on a laboratory single-punch tablet machine applying different forces, i.e., 5, 7, 10, and 15 kN, and evaluated by their geometrical parameters, mechanical resistance, surface and internal structure characteristics, texture profile, release behavior, and perception attributes during mastication. It was found that increasing compression force slightly affected resistance to crushing and friability of MCGs, but resulted in surface smoothing and formation of a thicker layer with highly compacted particle arrangement. According to the texture analysis, increasing compression force led to harder and more adhesive gums, indicating possible difficulties in chewing and, therefore, impairment of their consumer properties. Lower compression forces were also found to be preferable in terms of better drug release from the obtained chewing gums. The volunteers’ assessment showed that an increase of compression force led to significantly raising the initial hardness and crumbliness as well as to decreasing the rate of the integral gum mass formation during mastication, which may negatively affect perceptive sensations when using MCGs. Based on the results obtained, the optimal compressing force was selected to be 7 kN, which allows obtaining MCGs with good organoleptic, mechanical, textural, and release properties.
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author Yuliia Maslii
Tetiana Kolisnyk
Olena Ruban
Olga Yevtifieieva
Svitlana Gureyeva
Andriy Goy
Giedre Kasparaviciene
Zenona Kalveniene
Jurga Bernatoniene
author_facet Yuliia Maslii
Tetiana Kolisnyk
Olena Ruban
Olga Yevtifieieva
Svitlana Gureyeva
Andriy Goy
Giedre Kasparaviciene
Zenona Kalveniene
Jurga Bernatoniene
author_sort Yuliia Maslii
title Impact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums
title_short Impact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums
title_full Impact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums
title_fullStr Impact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Compression Force on Mechanical, Textural, Release and Chewing Perception Properties of Compressible Medicated Chewing Gums
title_sort impact of compression force on mechanical, textural, release and chewing perception properties of compressible medicated chewing gums
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/bb3345109e534c778e0e93ff3272f3d2
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