Thermoanalytical studies of carbamazepine: hydration/dehydration, thermal decomposition, and solid phase transitions
Carbamazepine (CBZ), a widely used anticonvulsant drug, can crystallize and exhibits four polymorphic forms and one dihydrate. Anhydrous CBZ can spontaneously absorb water and convert to the hydrate form whose different crystallinity leads to lower biological activity. The present study was concerne...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2014-12-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502014000400877&lng=en&tlng=en |