Particle Production of Steroid Drugs Using Supercritical Fluid Processing

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4718-4726

  Alessi, P ^a   Cortesi, A ^a   Kikic, I ^a   Foster, N R ^b   Macnaughton, S J ^b   Colombo, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Vectorpharma International SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; RAPID EXPANSION OF SUPERCRITICAL SOLUTIONS (RESS); SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

EID: 0030386955     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960202x     Document Type: Article

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