Evaluation of guar gum as a compression coat for drug targeting to colon

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-146

  Krishnaiah, Y s r ^a   Satyanarayana, S ^a   Rama Prasad, Y V ^a   Narasimha Rao, S ^b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANDHRA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Colonic drug delivery; Gamma scintigraphy; Guar gum; Polysaccharide; Rat caecal contents

Indexed keywords

GUAR GUM; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TARGETING; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0032531331     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00172-0     Document Type: Article

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