An introduction to fast dissolving oral thin film drug delivery systems: A review

Current Drug Delivery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 667-684

  Kathpalia, Harsha ^a   Gupte, Aasavari ^a  

^a Vivekanand Education Society's College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Film forming polymers; Lycoat; Monoammonium glycyrrhizinate; Oral thin films; Patent non infringing product development; Solvent casting method

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; COLORING AGENT; DICLOFENAC; DONEPEZIL; EUDRAGIT; FLAVORING AGENT; GELATIN; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; MACROGOL; MALTODEXTRIN; ONDANSETRON; PLASTICIZER; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POVIDONE; PULLULAN; STARCH; SURFACTANT; SWEETENING AGENT;

CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ELECTROSPINNING; FAST DISSOLVING ORAL THIN FILM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; TABLET DISINTEGRATION TIME; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; TABLETS;

EID: 84888990622     PISSN: 15672018     EISSN: 18755704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720181006131125150249     Document Type: Review

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