Investigations into the use of pregelatinised starch to develop powder-filled hard capsules

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 51-63

  Gohil, Usha C ^a   Podczeck, Fridrun ^a,c   Turnbull, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dartford Kent DA2 6QD UK ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Powder filled hard capsules; Pregelatinised starch; Tamp filling; Theophylline anhydrous

Indexed keywords

EXCIPIENT; LACTOSE; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; PREGELATINISED STARCH; STARCH; STARCH 1500; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE FILLING; COMPRESSION; DEVICE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FLOW RATE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAPSULES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; GELATIN; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLUBILITY; STARCH; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 5444269357     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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