Fast-Scan DSC and its role in pharmaceutical physical form characterisation and selection

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 422-430

  Ford, James L ^a   Mann, Timothy E ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PETA Solutions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphicity; Differential Scanning Calorimetry; Drug solubility; Fast Scan DSC; Glass transition; High speed DSC; HyperDSC ; Polymorphic purity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AMORPHICITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIES (DSC); DRUG-SOLUBILITY; FAST-SCAN DSC; HIGH SPEED DSC; HYPERDSC; POLYMORPHIC PURITY;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DRUG DOSAGE; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYMERS; POLYMORPHISM; SOLUBILITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY;

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIMETIDINE; EXCIPIENT; GELUCIRE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; IBUPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; POLOXAMER; SULFATHIAZOLE; WITEPSOL H 15;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG GRANULE; DRUG PURITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ENTHALPY; FAST SCAN DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MELTING POINT; METERED DOSE INHALER; MOISTURE; POLYMERIZATION; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER CONTENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84858800449     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2011.12.001     Document Type: Review

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