The power law can describe the 'entire' drug release curve from HPMC-based matrix tablets: A hypothesis

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 199-207

  Rinaki, E ^a   Valsami, G ^a   Macheras, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug release; Higuchi law; Kinetics; Power law

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; DRUG RELEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MATRIX TABLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037436925     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(03)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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