Solid-state studies of the triclinic (Z' = 2) antiprotozoal drug ternidazole

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2258-2266

  Mahé, Nathalie ^a   Perrin, Marc Antoine ^a   Barrio, Maria ^b   Nicolaï, Béatrice ^a   Rietveld, Ivo B ^a   Tamarit, Josep Lluís ^b   Céolin, René ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Crystal structure; Density; Glass transition; Nitroimidazole; Physical characterization; Polymorphism; Pressure temperature phase diagram; Thermal expansion; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

5 NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; TERNIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG STABILITY; ENTHALPY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; SOLID STATE;

EID: 79954606439     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.22460     Document Type: Article

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