Excipients for direct compaction - An update

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-124

  Bolhuis, Gerad K ^a,b   Armstrong, N Anthony ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Cardiff University ^*  (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct compaction; Direct compression; Filler binders

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTOSE; AVICEL PH; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CALCIUM SULFATE; CELLULOSE; ERATAB; EXCIPIENT; FINLAC DC; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYAPATITE; ISOMALT; KOLLIDON VA64; LACTOSE; LUDIPRESS LCE; MALTA GRAN 10; MALTA GRAN TG; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTRIN M510; MANNITOL; MICROCELAC 100; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; SORBITOL; STARCH; STARCH 1500; STARLAC; TABLET TOSE; UNI PURE LD; VITACEL M80K; XYLITAB;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPRAY DRYING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET DISINTEGRATION TIME; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; LACTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERS; POWDERS; STARCH;

EID: 33644980168     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: 10979867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10837450500464255     Document Type: Review

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