ABSTRACT

Tablet coating is one of the oldest pharmaceutical process still in existence. Coating is application of coating solution or suspension to a moving bed of tablet with concurrent use of heated air to facilitate evaporation of solvent, the distribution of coating solution is accomplished by movement of tablet inside a pan. Reason for tablet coating is test masking, order masking, physical and chemical protection, protect drug in stomach and most important is controlling release profile. Various technique of tablet coating are sugar coating, film coating and enteric coating. This review deals in details about history, coating process, equipment involved, specialised coating technique, material used in tablet coating and coating defect. Keywords: Pharmaceutical solid dosage, sugarcoating, supercellcoating, magnetically associated impaction coating, coating defects
Publication date: 01/10/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.10.1040