“…Several attempts have been made to develop sustained-release penicillin products, such as penicillin-containing fatty-matrix tablets, 4,5 gelatin microcapsules, 6 enteric polymer matrices 7,8 and so on; but most products do not provide effective sustained release of the drug. 9 At present, the encapsulation of penicillin in an inorganic host and the use of such encapsulation composites as sustained-release medications have not been addressed. In this paper, we describe the intercalation of phenoxymethylpenicillin (PMP), which is a member of the penicillin family, 10 between layers of hydrotalcite (HT).…”