Irreversible electroporation for microbial control of drugs in solution

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 881-886

  Golberg, Alex ^a   Belkin, Michael ^b   Rubinsky, Boris ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contamination; Eye drops; Irreversible electroporation; Microorganisms; Preservatives; Sterilization of drugs

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYLO COMOD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PH; PLATE COUNT; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70449532200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12249-009-9277-3     Document Type: Article

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