Visualization of the Crystallization of Lactose from the Amorphous State

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-164

  Price, Robert ^a   Young, Paul M ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Crystallization; Hydration; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAVIMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0347124814     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.10513     Document Type: Article

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