Evaluation of theophylline tablets compacted by means of a novel ultrasound-assisted apparatus

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-208

  Rodriguez, Lorenzo ^a   Cini, Maurizio ^a   Cavallari, Cristina ^a   Passerini, Nadia ^a   Fabrizio Saettone, M ^b   Fini, Adamo ^a   Caputo, Otto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Eudragit RL; Powder compaction; Tablets; Theophylline; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EUDRAGIT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032529134     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00136-7     Document Type: Article

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