High pressure homogenization of pharmaceutical solids

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 380-388

  Kluge, Johannes ^a   Muhrer, Gerhard ^b   Mazzotti, Marco ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Comminution; High pressure; Homogenization; Microparticles; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

1 ,1 ,1 ,2-TETRAFLUOROETHANE; APPLYING PRESSURE; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; DISPERSION MEDIA; DRY POWDERS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZERS; LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE; MICRO-PARTICLES; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; PHENYTOIN; PRESSURE RELEASE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PRODUCT SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMINUTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); LIQUEFIED GASES; PRESSURE DROP;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84860666097     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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