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Research
118,938 papers- Capsule Machine Validation.International journal of pharmaceutical compounding · 2022
- Capsule imaging.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2005
- Stimuli-Responsive Capsule Membranes for Controlled Release in Pharmaceutical Applications.Current pharmaceutical design · 2017
- Gelatin and Non-Gelatin Capsule Dosage Forms.Journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2017
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Tongxinluo Capsule Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction.Alternative therapies in health and medicine · 2024
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- Capsules (pharmacy)
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Encyclopedic overview
Capsules In the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, encapsulation refers to a range of dosage forms—techniques used to enclose medicines—in a relatively stable shell known as a capsule, allowing them to, for example, be taken orally or be used as suppositories. The two main types of capsules are:
Hard-shelled capsules, which contain dry, powdered ingredients or miniature pellets made by e.g. processes of extrusion or spheronization. These are made in two-halves: a smaller-diameter "body" that is filled and then sealed using a larger-diameter "cap".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “capsule” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.