Ionizing Radiation Induced Effects on Cephradine. Influence of Sample Moisture content, Irradiation Dose and Storage conditions
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy
- Vol. 19 (14) , 1693-1708
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03639049309050161
Abstract
The effects of gamma and electron beam irradiation on cephradine were studied as a function of dose. In particular, degradation products and free radicals induced by radiation on samples with different moisture content were investigated. The influence of daylight on the kinetics of the degradation processes was also evaluated.Keywords
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