Observation of swelling process and diffusion front position during swelling in hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) matrices containing a soluble drug

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-91

  Colombo, Paolo ^a   Bettini, Ruggero ^a   Peppas, Nikolaos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion front; Drug loading; Swellable matrices

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; MATRIX TABLET; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; THICKNESS;

DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; LACTOSE; METHYLCELLULOSE; OXAZINES; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032838893     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(99)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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