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M C Gohel1, S A Nagori

  • 1Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, L. M. College of Pharmacy, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380 009, India.

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
|April 9, 2010
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Keywords:
Captoprilco-grindingcontent uniformityeutectic mixturepermeabilityshort term stability study

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