A study on gelatin capsule brittleness: Moisture tranfer between the capsule shell and its content

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 556-558

  Chang, Rong Kun ^a   Raghavan, Krishnaswamy S ^a,b   Hussain, Munir A ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DMP 504; DRUG CARRIER; GELATIN; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY POWDER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; STORAGE; TASTE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER VAPOR; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0031957735     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/js9704238     Document Type: Article

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