Frequency modulation spectroscopy: A novel nondestructive approach for measuring moisture activity in pharmaceutical samples

Pharmaceutical Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 88-104

  Mahajan, Rajiv ^a   Templeton, Allen C ^a   Reed, Robert A ^a   Chern, Rey T ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY; WATER ACTIVITY;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

CITRIC ACID; DESICCANT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DRUG; GELATIN; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; LACTOSE; LIPID; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; MANNITOL; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PLACEBO; SILICA GEL; SUCROSE;

ACCURACY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG STORAGE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FREEZE DRYING; FREQUENCY MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOISTURE; OSCILLATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TABLET; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 26844452862     PISSN: 15432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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