The effects of relative humidity and super-disintegrant concentrations on the mechanical properties of pharmaceutical compacts

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1297-1307

  Hersen Delesalle, Christine ^a   Leclerc, Bernard ^a   Couarraze, Guy ^a   Busignies, Virginie ^a   Tchoreloff, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Moisture content; Relative humidity; Super disintegrant; Tensile strength; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMIDITY; STORAGE; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 37549065574     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: 15205762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03639040701384918     Document Type: Article

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