Using quantitative magnetic resonance methods to understand better the gel-layer formation on polymer-matrix tablets

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 677-692

  Mikac, Urŝa ^a   Kristl, Julijana ^b   Baumgartner, Saŝa ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

drug release; hydrogel; hydrophilic polymer; magnetic resonance imaging; matrix tablet nuclear magnetic resonance; sdwelling

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; WATER;

DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG RELEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; MATRIX TABLET; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TABLET PROPERTY; TABLET SWELLING;

DRUG CARRIERS; EXCIPIENTS; GELS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; TABLETS;

EID: 79955108015     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2011.566554     Document Type: Review

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