An observational study on the influence of solvent composition on the architecture of drug-layered pellets

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-71

  McConnell, Emma L ^a   Macfarlane, Calum B ^b   Basit, Abdul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beads; Dissolution; Multi unit modified release; Pellets; Solution layering; Tramadol hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL CELLULOSE; SOLVENT; TALC; TRAMADOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COATING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PELLET; DRUG RELEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS;

CELLULOSE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG IMPLANTS; EXCIPIENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLVENTS; TALC; TRAMADOL;

EID: 69749087302     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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