Melt granulation in fluidized bed: A comparative study of spray-on versus in situ procedure

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-32

  Mašić, Ivana ^a   Ilić, Ilija ^b   Dreu, Rok ^b   Ibrić, Svetlana ^a   Parojčić, Jelena ^a   Srčič, Stanko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Binder addition procedure; Fluid bed; Growth mechanism; Hot melt; Spray on

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG RELEASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FLUIDIZED BED; IMMERSION; IN SITU MELT GRANULATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MELT GRANULATION; MELTING POINT; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER FLOW; SOLID STATE; SPRAY ON MELT GRANULATION; TABLET FORMULATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84890545646     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: 15205762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03639045.2012.744415     Document Type: Article

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