Recent pharmaceutical applications of Raman and terahertz spectroscopies

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4598-4621

  McGoverin, Cushla M ^a   Rades, Thomas ^a   Gordon, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Analysis; Imaging methods; Microscopy; Multivariate analysis; Raman spectroscopy; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; FLUOROURACIL; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMOMETRICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 55749100654     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21340     Document Type: Review

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