Initial moisture content in raw material can profoundly influence high shear wet granulation process

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 416, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Shi, Limin ^a   Feng, Yushi ^b   Sun, Changquan Calvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowability; High shear wet granulation; Microcrystalline cellulose; Moisture content; Tabletability

Indexed keywords

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH SHEAR WET GRANULATION; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET;

CELLULOSE; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; RHEOLOGY; TABLETS; WATER;

EID: 80051794064     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.05.080     Document Type: Article

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