Elucidation of spheroid formation with and without the extrusion step

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Liew, Celine V ^a   Chua, Siang Meng ^a   Heng, Paul W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Formation mechanism; Rotary processing; Spheroids; Spheronization

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOISTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PELLET EXTRUSION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SPHERONIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABSORPTION; CELLULOSE; DIFFUSION; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EXCIPIENTS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSPHERES; POWDERS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; WATER;

EID: 33847704991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/pt0801001     Document Type: Article

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