BioMed Research International
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 423615, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/423615
Research Article
The Effect of Formulation Excipients and Thermal Treatment on the Release Properties of Lisinopril Spheres and Tablets
School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA
Received 7 January 2015; Revised 20 May 2015; Accepted 2 June 2015
Academic Editor: Oluwatoyin A. Odeku
Copyright © 2015 Zoriely Amador Ríos and Evone Shehata Ghaly. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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