A comparison of electrical and rheological techniques for the characterisation of creams

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-248

  Tamburic, S ^a   Craig, D Q M ^a   Vuleta, G ^b   Milic, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Pharmacy   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Creams; Dielectric; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CETOSTEARYLIC ALCOHOL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL STEARATE; ION; LIQUID PARAFFIN; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; POLYSORBATE 60;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CREAM; ELASTICITY; EMULSION; PHARMACEUTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030604720     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(96)04528-0     Document Type: Article

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