Effect of compression pressure, preservative, and storage with Potassium Chloride on the microbiological quality of tablets formulated with Terminalia randii Gum (Combretaceae)

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 773-776

  Oluremi, Bolaji Bosede ^a   Bamiro, Oluyemisi Adebowale ^a   Idowu, Abel Olusola ^a   Oduneye, Olayinka Annegret ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Compression pressure; Microbial quality; Potassium chloride; Preservative

Indexed keywords

DRUG ADDITIVE; METHYL PARABEN; PEPTONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TERMINALIA RANDII GUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EXCIPIENT; PLANT GUM; PRESERVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMBRETACEAE; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; PATHOGEN LOAD; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET FORMULATION; TERMINALIA RANDII; TREE TRUNK; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TABLET; TERMINALIA; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG STORAGE; EXCIPIENTS; PARABENS; PLANT GUMS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TERMINALIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871865659     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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