Influence of shear intensity and total shear on properties of blends and tablets of lactose and cellulose lubricated with magnesium stearate

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-291

  Mehrotra, Amit ^a   Llusa, Marcos ^a   Faqih, Abdul ^a   Levin, Michael ^b   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Computing Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Cohesion; Content uniformity; Flowability; Powder flow; Shear; Shear rate; Tablet hardness

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; LACTOSE; MAGNESIUM STEARATE;

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET HARDNESS; TABLET PROPERTY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; HARDNESS; LACTOSE; LUBRICATION; POWDERS; RHEOLOGY; STEARIC ACIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS;

EID: 34247611802     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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