Suitability of a Miocene bentonite from North Western Desert of Egypt for pharmaceutical use

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 140-144

  Abdel Motelib, A ^a   Kader, Zainab Abdel ^a   Ragab, Y A ^b   Mosalamy, Maha ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Stratochem for Petroleum Services Laboratories   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Activation; Bentonite; Egypt; Microorganisms; Montmorillonite; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION; AEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL PURITY; DRUG CARRIER; DRUG RELEASE; EGYPT; EGYPTIANS; GEL FORMATION; HUMAN HEALTH; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINERAL PHASE; MIOCENE; MONTMORILLONITE; PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT; PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; PSEUDOMONAS; SUSPENDING AGENTS; SWELLING POWER; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT; WESTERN DESERT; WYOMING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

ADSORPTION; AIR EJECTORS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; ION EXCHANGE; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALS; PURIFICATION; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

BENTONITE; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG; GEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE; SWELLING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EGYPT; WESTERN DESERT;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 79953046110     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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