Mechanisms of nifedipine release from sustained release tablets formulated with some polymeric materials

Bollettino Chimico Farmaceutico

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 223-227

  Ofoefule, S I ^a   Orisakwe, O E ^b   Ibezim, E C ^a   Esimone, C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cube root kinetics; Dissolution rate; Hixson Crowel; Medium infiltration; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBOMER; ETHYL CELLULOSE; EUDRAGIT RS; NIFEDIPINE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; KINETICS; POLYMERIZATION; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

EID: 0031856529     PISSN: 00066648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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