Assessment of Albizia zygia gum as a binding agent in tablet formulations

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-276

  Odeku, Oluwatoyin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Albizia gum; Drug release; Gelatin; Heckel equation; Kawakita equation; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA ZYGIA GUM; BINDING AGENT; EXCIPIENT; GELATIN; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBIZIA ZYGIA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; LEGUME; MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET DISINTEGRATION TIME; TABLET FORMULATION;

EID: 27144528259     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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