Polymorphism and pseudopolymorphism: Influencing the dissolution properties of the guanine derivative acyclovir

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 231-235

  Kristl, A ^a   Srcic S ^a   Vrecer F ^b   Sustar B ^b   Vojnovic, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Krka Dd Novo Mesto   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Anhydrous acyclovir; Dissolution behavior; Polymorphic solvate; Pseudopolymorphic solvate; Solid solid transformation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ACICLOVIR DERIVATIVE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOLUTION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030576578     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(96)04601-7     Document Type: Article

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