An in vitro assessment of liquid-filled Capill® potato starch capsules with biphasic release characteristics

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 223-230

  Burns, S J ^a   Corness, D ^a   Hay, G ^a   Higginbottom, S ^a   Whelan, I ^a   Attwood, D ^b   Barnwell, S G ^a  

^a Techbase 1 ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biphasic release; Dissolution testing; HALO(TM) drug delivery system; Liquid filled Capill capsules; Potato starch capsules; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BILE ACID; GELATIN; OLEIC ACID; POTATO STARCH; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; ENCAPSULATION; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SOLID; SOLUBILIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029949298     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)04462-0     Document Type: Article

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