Evaluation of injection moulding as a pharmaceutical technology to produce matrix tablets

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-154

  Quinten, Thomas ^a   Beer, Thomas De ^a   Vervaet, Chris ^a   Remon, Jean Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Ethylcellulose; Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose; Injection moulding; Matrix system; Melt extrusion; Metoprolol tartrate; Sustained release; Tablet

Indexed keywords

ETHYL CELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; PLASTICIZER; POLYMER; SEBACIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EVALUATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; PELLET EXTRUSION; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TABLET FORMULATION; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VISCOSITY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELLULOSE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EXCIPIENTS; METHYLCELLULOSE; METOPROLOL; PLASTICIZERS; POROSITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 57349172042     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2008.02.025     Document Type: Article

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