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Philip F. Builders
Researcher at Kaduna State University
Publications - 30
Citations - 1009
Philip F. Builders is an academic researcher from Kaduna State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Starch & Maize starch. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 28 publications receiving 810 citations.
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Lipid Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems: A Revolution in Dosage Form Design and Development
TL;DR: This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pharmaceutical applications of native starch in conventional drug delivery
TL;DR: Starch is a naturally occurring polymer that is present in many green plants and is used as a diluent, disintegrant, binder, and lubricant in many conventional tablets and capsules.
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Physicochemical and Binder Properties of Starch Obtained from Cyperus esculentus
TL;DR: The results indicate that Cyperus starch provides excellent binding properties without compromising drug release characteristics and should be explored in pharmaceutical formulations.
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Nanovesicular carriers as alternative drug delivery systems: ethosomes in focus.
TL;DR: The future holds great prospects in the utilization of vesicular carriers, especially ethosomes, in overcoming peculiar problems of drug delivery as well as the future prospects and challenges of achieving enhanced drug delivery using ethosomes.
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Physical, Thermal and Sorption Profile of Starch Obtained from Tacca leontopetaloides
Rahul V. Manek,Olobayo O. Kunle,Martins Emeje,Philip F. Builders,Goparaju V. Rama Rao,Gabriel P. Lopez,William M. Kolling +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the functional properties of starch granules obtained from tubers of Tacca leontopetaloides and compare them to a commercially available maize starch were elucidated using scanning electron microscopy, particle size analysis, X-ray powder diffraction, gravimetric moisture sorption, and differential scanning calorimetry.