Effects of freeze-dry processing conditions on the crystallization of pentamidine isethionate

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1155-1160

  Chongprasert, Suchart ^a   Griesser, Ulrich J ^a,b   Bottorff, Arthur T ^a   Williams, N Adeyinka ^c   Byrn, Stephen R ^a   Nail, Steven L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c R W JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RES I   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRY POWDER; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031680611     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/js970342b     Document Type: Article

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