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Amorphous drug nanosuspensions. 1. Inhibition of Ostwald ripening

Lindfors, L ; Skantze, P ; Skantze, U ; Rasmusson, M ; Zackrisson, A and Olsson, Ulf LU orcid (2006) In Langmuir 22(3). p.906-910
Abstract
Amorphous drug nanosuspensions are prone to particle growth due to Ostwald ripening. By incorporating a second component of extremely low aqueous solubility, Ostwald ripening can be inhibited. These studies indicate that to inhibit ripening, the drug/inhibitor mixture (in the particles) must form a single phase. The drug/inhibitor mixture can be characterized by the interaction parameter chi using the Bragg-Williams theory, in which single phase mixtures are obtained for chi < 2. The chi parameter can be calculated from the (crystalline) solubility of the drug in the inhibitor, provided the inhibitor is a liquid, and the melting entropy and temperature of the drug.
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906 - 910
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0743-7463
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10.1021/la0523661
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English
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
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  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Langmuir}},
  title        = {{Amorphous drug nanosuspensions. 1. Inhibition of Ostwald ripening}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la0523661}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/la0523661}},
  volume       = {{22}},
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