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Across the globe, there have been increasing concerns about the detrimental effects of the organic solvents, used in pharmaceutical industries, on the environment. There is a great possibility of residual solvents in the finished drug formulation which may impose a significant health hazard. Neither the traditional organic solvents are cost-effective nor are they environment-friendly. The increasingly stringent environmental regulations, search for cost-effective alternatives and demanding needs for highly pure and superior products have fuelled significant research in the areas of green pharmaceutical technologies including supercritical fluids.
The chapter deals with the exciting interface of supercritical fluid technology and pharmaceutical product processing. The various advancements where supercritical fluids are exploited in order to improve the quality of pharmaceutical products are discussed in details.
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Pattnaik, S., Arun, G., Swain, K. (2020). Supercritical Fluid Technologies: A Green Solvent Approach for Pharmaceutical Product Development. In: Inamuddin, Asiri, A. (eds) Advanced Nanotechnology and Application of Supercritical Fluids. Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44984-1_1
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