Preparation of hydrocortisone nanosuspension through a bottom-up nanoprecipitation technique using microfluidic reactors

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 107-113

  Ali, Hany S M ^a,b   York, Peter ^a   Blagden, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antisolvent precipitation; Bottom up; Hydrocortisone; Microfluidics; Nanosuspension

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FLOW RATE; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; EXCIPIENTS; HYDROCORTISONE; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 67349239016     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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