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The hydration/dehydration behavior of aspartame revisited

C Guguta1, H Meekes, R de Gelder

  • 1Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
|January 22, 2008
PubMed

Keywords:
aspartame hydrationcrystal form analysisX-ray diffraction studyhydration transitions

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