Glass fragility and the stability of pharmaceutical preparations- excipient selection

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-264

  Hatley, Ross H M ^a  

^a Quadrant Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate glass; Fragility; Glass transition; Stability; Sucrose; T0; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EXCIPIENT; GLASS; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; COULOMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031392295     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10837459709031445     Document Type: Article

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