Preliminary spherical agglomerates of water soluble drug using natural polymer and cross-linking technique

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-186

  Garcia, A M ^a   Ghaly, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen sustained release; Carrageenan; Pellets; Spheres

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; GELCARIN; GP 812; MICROSPHERE; PARACETAMOL; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

EID: 0029922796     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-3659(95)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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