Principles and application of ultrasound in pharmaceutical powder compression

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-265

  Levina, Marina ^a   Rubinstein, Michael H ^a   Rajabi Siahboomi, Ali R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression; Pharmaceutical powder compression; Tableting; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COPOLYMER; CYCLODEXTRIN; EUDRAGIT; EUDRAGIT RS; POLYMER; THEOPHYLLINE;

DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG STABILITY; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET MANUFACTURE; ULTRASOUND;

DRUG INDUSTRY; POWDERS; TABLETS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033996503     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007540703955     Document Type: Review

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