Influence of operational variables on properties of piroxicam pellets prepared by extrusion-spheronization: A technical note

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sinha, Vivek R ^a   Agrawal, Manoj K ^b   Kumria, Rachna ^c   Bhinge, Jayant R ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD   (India)

^c Ind Swift Laboratories Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Microcrystalline cellulose; Pellets; Spheronization

Indexed keywords

PIROXICAM; CELLULOSE; DRUG CARRIER; EXCIPIENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DRUG PELLET; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PELLET EXTRUSION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPHERONIZATION; TABLET FRIABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELLULOSE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIFFUSION; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EXCIPIENTS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PIROXICAM;

EID: 33947524031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/pt0801001     Document Type: Article

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