Adhesion forces in interactive mixtures for dry powder inhalers - Evaluation of a new measuring method

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 579-586

  Lohrmann, Maike ^a   Kappl, Michael ^b   Butt, Hans Juergen ^b   Urbanetz, Nora Anne ^a   Lippold, Bernhard Christian ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion forces; Atomic force microscopy; Dry powder inhalers; Interparticle interactions; Tensile strength measurements

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; MANNITOL; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY POWDER; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER INHALER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADHESIVENESS; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALBUTEROL; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG INTERACTIONS; LASERS; MANNITOL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; SULFATES; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34547684261     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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