Rheological behavior of drug suspensions in Gelucire(®) mixtures and proxyphylline release from matrix hard gelatin capsules

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Ratsimbazafy, Voahirana ^a   Bourret, Evelyne ^b   Duclos, Roselyne ^c   Brossard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Extended release; Gelucire( ); Hard gelatin capsules; Hydrophilic lipophilic balance; Lipidic matrix; Rheology; Surface erosion

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; GELUCIRE; PROXYPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RELEASE; FLOW KINETICS; MICROCAPSULE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION;

AMINOPHYLLINE; CAPSULES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIFFUSION; EXCIPIENTS; FATS; GELATIN; LIPIDS; OILS; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUSPENSIONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032711894     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(99)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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