Impact of screw elements on continuous granulation with a twin-screw extruder

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4934-4942

  Djuric, Dejan ^a   Kleinebudde, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compression; Extrusion; Granulation; Processing; Tableting

Indexed keywords

GRANULAC 200; LACTOSE; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG GRANULATION; FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; TABLET; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 55749091428     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21339     Document Type: Article

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