Taste-masking assessment of solid oral dosage forms - A critical review

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 465, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 239-254

  Pein, Miriam ^a   Preis, Maren ^a   Eckert, Carolin ^a   Kiene, Florian E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic taste sensing system; Human taste panel; Sample pretreatment; Sampling; Standardized protocols; UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

4 PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; ATOMOXETINE; ATORVASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; DOXYCYCLINE; FAMOTIDINE; NICOTINE TARTRATE; OFLOXACIN; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUININE SULFATE; THEOPHYLLINE; ACECLOFENAC; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CETIRIZINE; DONEPEZIL; LEVOCETIRIZINE; METFORMIN; MICROSPHERE; PIOGLIAZONE; PIOGLITAZONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG; FLAVORING AGENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; DRUG COATING; DRUG GRANULE; DRUG PELLET; DRUG SOLUBILITY; MASKING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; TABLET; TASTE MASKING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERCEPTION; PHARMACEUTICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; FLAVORING AGENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84898596746     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.01.036     Document Type: Review

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