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Improvement of Enalapril Maleate Chemical Stability by High Shear Melting Granulation

Improvement of Enalapril Maleate Chemical Stability by High Shear Melting Granulation

Ana Paula Montandon de Oliveira, Talita Amorim Cunha, Raphael Caixeta Serpa, Stephânia Fleury Taveira, Eliana Martins Lima, Danielle Guimarães Almeida Diniz, Luis Alexandre Pedro de Freitas, Ricardo Neves Marreto

Pharm Dev Technol. 2015 Dec;20(8):1002-1008.

PMID: 25231642

Abstract:

Enalapril maleate is a widely used drug, which is chemically unstable when mixed with excipients resulting in enalaprilat and diketopiperazine as the main degradation products. The preparation of enalapril sodium salt has been used to improve drug stability in solid dosage forms; however, product rejection is observed when the chemical reaction for obtaining the sodium salt is not completely finished before packaging. In this study, granules were prepared by melting granulation using stearic acid or glyceryl monostearate, with a view to developing more stable enalapril maleate solid dosage forms. The granules were prepared in a laboratory-scale high shear mixer and compressed in a rotary machine. Size distribution, flow properties, in vitro drug release and enalapril maleate chemical stability were evaluated and compared with data obtained from tablets prepared without hydrophobic binders. All formulations showed good physical properties and immediate drug release. The greatest improvement in the enalapril maleate stability was observed in formulations containing stearic acid. This study showed that hot melting granulation could be successfully used to prepare enalapril maleate granules which could substitute the in situ formation of enalapril sodium salt, since they provided better enalapril stability in solid dosage forms.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP76095164-B	Enalapril Maleate		76095-16-4	Price

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