Drug release modulation from cross-linked calcium alginate microdiscs, 2: Swelling, compression, and stability of the hydrodynamically-sensitive calcium alginate matrix and the associated drug release mechanisms

Drug Delivery: Journal of Delivery and Targeting of Therapeutic Agents

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-46

  Pillay, V ^a,b,c   Dangor, C M ^a   Govender, T ^a   Moopanar, K R ^a   Hurbans, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Apartment 120 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate; Compression; Controlled release of indomethacin; Degree of swelling; Dissolution variables hydrodynamics; Drug release mechanisms; Stability studies

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BUFFER; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; INDOMETACIN; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PHOSPHATE; PHTHALIC ACID; TALC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOISTURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031966239     PISSN: 10717544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10717549809052025     Document Type: Article

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