Mechanical property anisotropy of pharmaceutical excipient compacts

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Mullarney, Matthew P ^a   Hancock, Bruno C ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Compact; Excipient; Indentation hardness; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTOSE; ASPARTAME; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; EXCIPIENT; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; LACTOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DRY POWDER; EXCIPIENT COMPATIBILITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET FORMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXCIPIENTS; HARDNESS; POWDERS; TABLETS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33646109295     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.12.052     Document Type: Article

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