Micromeritic and packing properties of diclofenac pellets and effects of some formulation variables

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 847-855

  Rodriguez, Enriqueta C ^a   Torrado, J J ^a   Nikolakakis, I ^b   Torrado, S ^a   Lastres, J L ^a   Malamataris, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Flow rate; Pellets; Rhombohedral packing; Spheronization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CITRIC ACID TRIETHYL ESTER; DICLOFENAC; DILUENT; EUDRAGIT; GELATIN; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG PELLET; FLOW RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERONIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CELLULOSE; DICLOFENAC; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; GELATIN; METHACRYLATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWDERS;

EID: 0034752745     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DDC-100107249     Document Type: Article

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