Investigations on the influence of the type of extruder for pelletization by extrusion-spheronization. I. Extrusion behavior of formulations

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 401-411

  Thoma, K ^a   Ziegler, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVICEL CL 611; FENOLDOPAM; LACTOSE; MANNITOL; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DRUG FORMULATION; PELLET EXTRUSION; SPHERONIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0031776381     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03639049809085637     Document Type: Article

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