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03.09.2020Publication of the paper "Crystal engineering of nutraceutical phytosterols: new cocrystal solid solution"
PhD. Rafel Prohens, responsible of the Polymorphism and Calorimetry Technology of the CCiTUB, along with PhD. Rafael Barbas and Mrs. Dafne de Sande of the same technology and PhD. Mercè Font-Bardia of the X-Ray Diffraction Technology of the CCiTUB, have published the article "Crystal engineering of nutraceutical phytosterols: new cocrystal solid solutions" in the journal CrystEngComm.
Article Summary:
"A cocrystal screening conducted with solid solutions of three phytosterols (β-sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol) and a set of coformers with strong hydrogen bond donors reveals that multicomponent solid solutions are preferentially formed instead of pure cocrystals and are much enriched with β-sitosterol with respect to stigmasterol, a natural product with cytotoxicity concerns."
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