A comparison of different in vitro methods for measuring mucoadhesive performance

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-167

  Tamburic, Slobodanka ^a   Craig, Duncan Q M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbomer; Mucoadhesion; Oscillatory rheology; Polycarbophil; Tensile test; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; CARBOMER; DRUG; POLYCARBOPHIL;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RESEARCH; FLOW KINETICS;

EID: 0031390438     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(97)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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