Organic solvent nanofiltration in pharmaceutical industry

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-182

  Buonomenna, M G ^a   Bae, J ^b  

^a Ordine dei Chimici e dei Fisici della Campania   (Italy)

^b Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs); Genotoxin impurities (GTIs); Hybrid processes; Membrane enhanced peptide synthesis (MEPS); Organic solvent nanofiltration; Product purification; Solvent exchange; Solvent resistant nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS; GENOTOXIN IMPURITIES (GTIS); HYBRID PROCESS; ORGANIC SOLVENT NANOFILTRATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRODUCT PURIFICATION; SOLVENT EXCHANGES; SOLVENT RESISTANT NANOFILTRATION;

NANOFILTRATION;

EID: 84910685326     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2014.918884     Document Type: Article

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