Evaluation of cocoa butter as potential lubricant for coprocessing in pharmaceutical tablets

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Adeagbo, Adebolu Adewole ^a   Alebiowu, Gbenga ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture index; Cocoa butter; Heckel plot; Kawakita plot; Magnesium stearate; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; PARACETAMOL; TALC; THEOBROMA OIL;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET MANUFACTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADHESIVES; CACAO; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; EXCIPIENTS; LUBRICANTS; POWDERS; STEARIC ACIDS; TABLETS; TALC; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 45849117608     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: 10979867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10837450801949400     Document Type: Article

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