Preparation and evaluation of a melt pelletised paracetamol/stearic acid sustained release delivery system

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 381-391

  Grassi, Mario ^a   Voinovich, Dario ^a   Moneghini, Mariarosa ^a   Franceschinis, Erica ^a   Perissutti, Beatrice ^a   Filipovic Grcic, Jelena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

High shear mixer; Melt pelletisation; Modelling of drug release mechanism; Paracetamol; Sustained release

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; PELLETIZING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

RELEASE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

STEARIC ACID;

LACTOSE; PARACETAMOL; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELT PELLETISATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037467204     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(03)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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