Modelling of porosity and waterfronts in cellulosic pellets for understanding drug release behavior

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-106

  Gomez Carracedo, Ana ^a   Martinez Pacheco, Ramon ^a   Concheiro, Angel ^a   Gomez Amoza, Jose Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Extrusion spheronization; Network modelling; Pellet microstructure; Pore Cor software; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

CARBOMER; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PELLET; DRUG RELEASE; FLOW RATE; FREEZE DRYING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WATER FLOW; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ACRYLATES; ALGORITHMS; CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DESICCATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXCIPIENTS; FREEZE DRYING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POROSITY; THEOPHYLLINE; WATER;

EID: 76549133465     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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