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Studies on Stercuia Gum Formulations in the Form of Osmotic Core Tablet for Colon-Specific Drug Delivery of Azathioprine

Bipul Nath and Lila Kanta Nath
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology March 2013, 67 (2) 172-184; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2013.00913
Bipul Nath
aDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, GIPS, Azara, Guwahati, Assam, India and
bDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India
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Lila Kanta Nath
bDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India
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