Residual solvents in pharmaceutical products: Acceptable limits, influences on physicochemical properties, analytical methods and documented values

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-242

  Witschi, Claudia ^a   Doelker, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Gas chromatography; Pharmaceutical products; Residual solvent limits; Residual solvents

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; BACAMPICILLIN; BENZYL CHLORIDE; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; CUMENE; DICHLOROETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; DRUG ADDITIVE; ETHER; FORMAMIDE; FORMIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PENTANE; PIROXICAM; PROPANOL; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE; WATER; XYLENE;

DISSOLUTION; DRUG IMPURITY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031398726     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(96)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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