Solid dispersions of artemisinin in polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyethylene glycol

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 745-754

  Ansari, Muhammad Tayyab ^a   Haneef, Muhammad ^a   Murtaza, Ghulam ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; PEG; PVP; Solid dispersion

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; BIOPOLYMER; DRUG CARRIER; MACROGOL; POVIDONE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FREEZE DRYING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79551597881     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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