Ursodeoxycholic acid: Improvement of dissolution behaviour and its HPLC determination

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-47

  Giunchedi, P ^a   Scalia, S ^b   Maggi, L ^a   Conte, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol gallstones; HPLC determination; Improvement of drug dissolution rate; Ursodeoxycholic acid; Water insoluble drug

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULOSE; CROSCARMELLOSE SODIUM; POLYMER; STARCH; STARCH GLYCOLATE SODIUM; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOLUTION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030010081     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)04249-0     Document Type: Article

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