Potentials of tropical starches as pharmaceutical excipients: A review

Starch/Staerke

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 89-106

  Odeku, Oluwatoyin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Pharmaceutical excipients; Starch; Tablets; Tropical plants

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; GLIDANTS; HUMID REGIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHARMACEUTICAL TABLETS; SPECIAL PROPERTIES; STAPLE FOOD; TABLETS; TROPICAL CROPS; TROPICAL PLANTS;

CROPS; TROPICS;

STARCH;

EID: 84873718022     PISSN: 00389056     EISSN: 1521379X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/star.201200076     Document Type: Review

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