The filling of granules into hard gelatine capsules

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-69

  Podczeck, Fridrun ^a   Blackwell, Simon ^a   Gold, Matthew ^a   Newton, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angle of internal flow; Capsule filling; Compaction constant; Dosator nozzle machine; Granulation; Tamp filling machine

Indexed keywords

CAPSUGEL; GELATIN; SORBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE FILLING; MACHINE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032849502     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(99)00208-2     Document Type: Article

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