Experimental investigation and mathematical modeling of Pluronic(®) F127 gel dissolution: Drug release in stirred systems

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 191-202

  Moore, Theodore ^b   Croy, Scott ^a   Mallapragada, Surya ^b   Pandit, Nivedita ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copolymer; Dissolution; Gel; Pluronic; Poloxamer; Polymer

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; INORGANIC SALT; METRONIDAZOLE; POLOXAMER; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISSOLUTION; DRUG RELEASE; GEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; CEPHALEXIN; GELS; KINETICS; METRONIDAZOLE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLOXAMER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPRANOLOL; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0034601181     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(00)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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