Zinc lozenges: Cold cure or candy solution chemistry determinations

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-39

  Eby, George A ^a  

^a George Eby Research   (United States)

Author keywords

common cold; rhinovirus; Zinc; zinc acetate; zinc gluconate; zinc lozenges

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; COLD EEZE; DRUG ADDITIVE; GLUCONATE ZINC; GLYCINE; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; ZINC ACETATE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG STABILITY; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; HUMAN; LOZENGE; PH MEASUREMENT; SIDE EFFECT; STOICHIOMETRY; TABLET FORMULATION;

CATIONS; COMMON COLD; DOSAGE FORMS; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGANDS; PHARMACEUTIC AIDS; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 4344619939     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIRE.0000037754.71063.41     Document Type: Article

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