Comparative evaluation of flow for pharmaceutical powders and granules

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 250-258

  Shah, Rakhi B ^a   Tawakkul, Mobin A ^a   Khan, Mansoor A ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caking strength; Cohesivity; Flow stability; Powder flow; Powder rheometer

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; MAGNESIUM STEARATE;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG GRANULE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORCE TRANSDUCER; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; POWDER; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG COMPOUNDING; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 44849120171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12249-008-9046-8     Document Type: Article

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