Viscosity of polymer solution phase and other factors controlling the dissolution of theophylline microspheres prepared by the emulsion solvent evaporation method

Journal of Microencapsulation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Obeidat, W M ^a   Price, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose acetate butyrate; Dissolution kinetics; Microspheres; Molecular weight; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BIOMATERIAL; BUTYRIC ACID; CELLULOSE; MICROSPHERE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; EMULSION; EVAPORATION; MATERIAL STATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SYNTHESIS; TIME; VISCOMETER; VISCOSITY;

DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EMULSIONS; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; THEOPHYLLINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037272782     PISSN: 02652048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265204021000022716     Document Type: Article

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