Development of mini-tablets with 1 mm and 2 mm diameter

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 416, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-170

  Tissen, Corinna ^a   Woertz, Katharina ^a   Breitkreutz, Joerg ^a   Kleinebudde, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Content uniformity; Direct compression; Flowability; Mini tablets; Roll compaction; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; IBUPROFEN; IBUPROFEN 90; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MASS; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; QUININE; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 80051800944     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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