Effects of starches on the mechanical properties of paracetamol tablet formulations. II. Sorghum and plantain starches as disintegrants

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-320

  Alebiowu, Gbenga ^a   Itiola, Oludele Adelanwa ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Crushing strength; Disintegration time; Friablility; Plantain starch; Pregelatinization; Sorghum starch

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRATING AGENT; GELATIN; PARACETAMOL; PLANTAIN STARCH; SORGHUM STARCH; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRUSHING STRENGTH; DENSITY; MECHANICS; SORGHUM; TABLET DISINTEGRATION TIME; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET FRIABILITY;

EID: 0345827816     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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