Levitated single-droplet drying: Case study with itraconazole dried in binary organic solvent mixtures

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 116-121

  Wulsten, Eva ^b   Kiekens, Filip ^a   van Dycke, Frederic ^a   Voorspoels, Jody ^a   Lee, Geoffrey ^b  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Droplet drying; Levitation; Particle morphology; Spray drying

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; POVIDONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SPRAY DRYING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYMERS; POVIDONE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 67650577131     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.05.060     Document Type: Article

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