Disintegrating pellets from a water-insoluble pectin derivative produced by extrusion/spheronisation

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-380

  Tho, Ingunn ^a   Sande, Sverre Arne ^a   Kleinebudde, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disintegration; Extrusion spheronisation; MCC; Mechanical stability; Pectinic acid; Pellets

Indexed keywords

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PARACETAMOL; PECTIN; PECTINIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PELLET; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; PELLET EXTRUSION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SPHERONIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0242351946     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(03)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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