Controlling particle size of a poorly water-soluble drug using ultrasound and stabilizers in antisolvent precipitation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 7581-7593

  Dalvi, Sameer V ^a   Dave, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS; ANTISOLVENT PRECIPITATION; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; JET VELOCITIES; LIQUID ANTISOLVENT; MICRO-MIXING; PARTICLE GROWTH; POORLY WATER-SOLUBLE DRUGS; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; STREAM VELOCITY; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRASONICS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 69249164683     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900248f     Document Type: Article

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