Cumulative illuminometer and shelf life of drugs in daylight indoors

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 7-11

  Zhan, Xiancheng ^a   Deng, Zhihong ^a   Yin, Gongkuan ^a   Ma, Baozhong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cumulative illuminometer; Daylight; Hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection; Lamplight; Photostability; Shelf life prediction

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG STABILITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELF LIFE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0032104535     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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