Textural, viscoelastic and mucoadhesive properties of pharmaceutical gels composed of cellulose polymers

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-233

  Jones, David S ^a   Woolfson, A David ^a   Brown, Andrew F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesiveness; Cellulose polymers; Compressibility; Hardness; Mucoadhesion; Texture profile analysis; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULOSE; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; POLYMER; STOMACH MUCIN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; GEL; HARDNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0030955984     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(97)04904-1     Document Type: Article

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