title: Active compounds release from semisolid dosage forms.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to review all the aspects of the in vitro release testing (IVRT) from semisolid dosage forms. Although none of the official dissolution methods has been specified for use with semisolid dosage forms, their utility for assessing release rates of drugs from semisolid dosage forms has become a topic of considerable interest. One can expect to overcome such complexity in the future, when the official "Topical and Transdermal Drug Products-Product Performance Tests" will be published in an issue of the Pharmacopeial Forum. Many factors such as type of the dissolution medium, membrane, temperature, and speed have an influence on the mechanism and kinetics of the release testing from gels, creams, and ointments; therefore, those parameters have been widely discussed.
authors.affiliation: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Faculty of Chemistry, ul. Umultowska 89b, 61-714 Poznań, Poland. annamar@amu.edu.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olejnik
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goscianska
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nowak
mesh_terms: D004304:Dosage Forms; D007700:Kinetics; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D004304:Dosage Forms