Study Set Content:
contains 10-13% of moisture
Soft gelatin
contains 10-13% of moisture
Soft gelatin
Packed with desiccant (dried silica gel, clay,
and activated charcoal)
Hard gelatin
Must contain preservatives like parabens
soft gelatin
used to encapsulate and hermetically seal
liquids, suspensions, pasty materials, dry
powders, and even pre- formed tablets.
soft gelatin
used to encapsulate dry materials
Hard gelatin
Shells may be colored
FD&C dyes)
Shells may be colored (FD&C dyes) and
made opaque
titanium dioxide
Swallow them
whole
Swallow them whole, but you may also
open & mix the powders with food/drink
gelatin shells softer with (blank) but not with (blank)
water, oils
The good thing about capsules is
they slide easily down your throat
when
moistened
non-invasive procedure
Gamma scintigraphy
uses a gamma ray–emitting radiotracer incorporated into the
formulation with a gamma camera coupled to a data recording system
Rana et al. (2013)
Gamma scintigraphy
cap
body
Radio nuclide
drug
formulation
first step
radio nuclide+drug/formulation
