Gastrointestinal transit of pellets in rats: Effect of size and density

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-131

  Tuleu, C ^a   Andrieux, C ^b   Boy, P ^a   Chaumeil, J C ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

^b U d'Ecologie Physiol Syst D   (France)

Author keywords

Density; Gastrointestinal transit; Pellet; Pellet size; Rats

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLON; DENSITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033034920     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00400-1     Document Type: Article

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