Taste masking: A pathfinder for bitter drugs

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Shet, N ^a   Vaidya, I ^a  

^a Dr L H Hiranandani College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Bitter; Commercial technologies; Evaluation of taste masking; Taste

Indexed keywords

BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CYCLODEXTRIN; ETHYL CELLULOSE; FLAVORING AGENT; GELATIN; HYDROXYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; LIPOPROTEIN; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PRODRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG COATING; DRUG GRANULATION; EMULSION; MASKING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE MASKING; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 84874219345     PISSN: 0976044X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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