Investigation into the intragranular structures of microcrystalline cellulose and pre-gelatinised starch

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-387

  Laity, Peter ^a   Cassidy, Andrew ^a   Skepper, Jeremy ^a   Jones, Bill ^a   Cameron, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Granule structure; Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC); Nitrogen adsorption; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Small angle X ray scattering (SAXS); Starch 1500, pre gelatinised starch (PGS); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Wide angle X ray scattering (WAXS)

Indexed keywords

CELPHERE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NITROGEN; STARCH; STARCH 1500; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; GELATINIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERONIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET COMPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADSORPTION; CELLULOSE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWDERS; STARCH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 75449094811     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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