Freeze-dry microscopy of protein/sugar mixtures: Drying behavior, interpretation of collapse temperatures and a comparison to corresponding glass transition data

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3072-3087

  Meister, Eva ^a   Gieseler, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collapse temperature; Freeze dry microscopy; Glass transition temperature; Proteins

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FREEZE DRYING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 68949109864     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21586     Document Type: Article

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