Removal of API's (active pharmaceutical ingredients) from organic solvents by nanofiltration

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2435-2449

  Geens, Jeroen ^a,b   De Witte, Bruno ^b   Van Der Bruggen, Bart ^a,c  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering   (Belgium)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (API); Solvent recovery; Solvent resistant nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; DISSOLUTION; DISTILLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; TOLUENE;

ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS; MASS BALANCES; SOLVENT RECOVERY; SOLVENT RESISTANT NANOFILTRATION;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

DICHLOROMETHANE; DISSOLUTION; DISTILLATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; TOLUENE;

DISTILLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; SOLVENT;

EID: 35248855983     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390701477063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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