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Małgorzata Dołowy, Alina Pyka

    Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica
    |December 10, 2015
    PubMed
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    This study determined the lipophilicity of betamethasone and related compounds using reversed-phase HPTLC. Methanol-water mobile phases provided reliable results, identifying betamethasone-17-valerate and others as most similar in lipophilic properties.

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