Nonclinical toxicity of the grafted copolymer excipient PEG-PVA

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Heuschmid, Franziska F ^a   Schuster, Paul ^a   Lauer, Birthe ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; EXCIPIENT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL POLYVINYL ALCOHOL SILICON DIOXIDE COPOLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; DRUG COATING; EDITORIAL; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENOTOXICITY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LD 50; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAFETY; SOLUBILITY; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TOXICITY; VISCOSITY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84882699658     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.12.031     Document Type: Editorial

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