Physical properties of parabens and their mixtures: Solubility in water, thermal behavior, and crystal structures

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1210-1216

  Giordano, Ferdinando ^a   Bettini, Ruggero ^a   Donini, Cristina ^a   Gazzaniga, Andrea ^b   Caira, Mino R ^c   Zhang, Geoffrey G Z ^d,e   Grant, David J W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ETHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; MELTING POINT; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032727189     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/js9900452     Document Type: Article

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