Example 6
To prepare phytoglycogen-ibuprofen complex, ibuprofen, phytoglycogen and DMSO were mixed in a ratio of 1:3:6 or 1:5:10 by weight. The resulting pastes were placed in vacuum to remove DMSO and the collected solids were ground into powder. Meanwhile, ibuprofen was treated using DMSO in a similar manner (dissolving in DMSO followed by solvent removal) and the solid collected was used in preparing several control samples. Dry mixes of phytoglycogen and original or DMSO-treated ibuprofen were prepared. These materials were used for DSC and X-ray powder diffraction analysis.
For DSC analysis, each solid were weighted and sealed into PerkinElmer aluminum-hermetic pans and subjected to DSC Q2000 (TA Instruments) with scanning rate of 20° C./min over 0 to 250° C. Each DSC curve was normalized using the weight of ibuprofen. For X-ray powder diffraction analysis. Solid powders were weighted and analyzed using Shimadzu XRD-6000 X-ray powder diffractometer equipped with a Bragg-Brentano optical setup. Samples were scanned with a step size of 0.08° from 5 to 40° 20. The DSC and X-ray diffraction analysis results are shown in