Osmotic behavior of poloxamer 407 and other non-ionic surfactants in aqueous solutions

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-162

  Viegas, Tacey X ^a   Henry, Raymond L ^b  

^a BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b MDV Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Curve fitting models; Non ionic surfactants; Osmolality; Poloxamer; Sol gel phases

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC SURFACTANT; POLOXAMER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344972967     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(97)00316-5     Document Type: Article

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