Analysis of unstirred water layer in in vitro permeability experiments

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4469-4479

  Korjamo, Timo ^a   Heikkinen, Aki T ^b,c   Mönkkönen, Jukka ^b,c  

^a Novamass Ltd   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Biocenter Kuopio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absorption; Caco 2 cells; Diffusion; In vitro models; Intestinal absorption

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PH; POTENTIOMETRY; REVIEW; UNSTIRRED WATER LAYER; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 71649100500     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21762     Document Type: Article

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