Characterisation of solid dispersions of paracetamol and EUDRAGIT® E prepared by hot-melt extrusion using thermal, microthermal and spectroscopic analysis

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 158-167

  Qi, Sheng ^a   Gryczke, Andreas ^b   Belton, Peter ^a   Craig, Duncan Q M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Rohm GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hot melt extrusion; Solid dispersion; Spectroscopy; Thermal

Indexed keywords

EUDRAGIT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; HEAT; METHACRYLATES; PHASE TRANSITION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 40849119736     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.11.048     Document Type: Article

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