INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS VOL. 134 NOS. 1,2 CONTENTS 28 MAY 1996 Cited in: Current Contents (Life Sciences: Clinical Practice): International Pharmaceutical Abstracts; Biological Abstracts; Chemical Abstracts; Excerpta Medica EMBASE: PASCAL M; Science Citation Index; Current Awareness in Biological Sciences; CAB Abstracts Research papers On the buffer index of a single weak monoprotic acid system A.G. Asuero (Spain) l Drug binding to gastric mucus glycoproteins P.G. Bhat, D.R. Flanagan, M.D. Donovan (USA) 15 A new generation of starch products as excipient in pharmaceutical tablets. I. Preparation and binding properties of high surface area potato starch products G.H.P. te Wierik, J. Bergsma, A.W. Arends-Scholte, T. Boersma, A.C. Eissens, C.F. Lerk (The Netherlands) 27 In vitro and in vivo evaluation of polylactide and polylactide-co-glycolide microspheres of morphine for site-specific delivery E. Polard, P. Le Corre, F. Chevanne, R. Le Verge (France) 37 Improvement of intestinal absorption of human calcitonin by chemical modification with fatty acids: synergistic effects of acylation and absorption enhancers T. Fujita, T. Fujita, K. Morikawa, H. Tanaka, O. Iemura, A. Yamamoto, S. Muranishi (Japan) 4° Characterization of the self-association properties of a leukotriene D, receptor antagonist, MK-0476 R. Thibert, H. Mach, S.-D. Clas, D.R. Meisner, E.B. Vadas (Canada, USA) 59 The release of clindamycin phosphate from a suspension of different types of liposomes and selected topical dosages forms H.B. Arnardottir, S.J. Sveinsson, T. Kristmundsdottir (Iceland) 71 Water solid interactions II. Effect of moisture sorption and glass transition temperature on compactibility of microcrystalline cellulose alone or in binary mixtures with polyvinyl pyrrolidone L. Stubberud, H.G. Arwidsson, A. Larsson, C. Graffner (Sweden, Norway) 79 Biological effects of CDP-choline loaded long circulating liposomes on rat cerebral post-ischemic reperfusion M. Fresta, G. Puglisi (Italy) 89 Pharmacokinetics of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in patients with renal cancer concomitantly treated with interferon alpha 2A (IFN) L. Bonhomme-Faivre, B. Paule, S. Urien, E. Rudant, L. Bottius, D. Pradel, D. Marrot (France) 99 Melt pelletization in a high shear mixer. VII. Effects of product temperature T. Schefer, C. Mathiesen (Denmark) 105 Submicron lipid emulsions containing amphipathic polyethylene glycol for use as drug-carriers with prolonged circulation time B.B. Lundberg, B.-C. Mortimer, T.G. Redgrave (Finland, Australia) 119 Bioavailability of meclofenamate from experimental sustained-release microcapsule in beagle dogs E.M. Niazy (Saudi Arabia) 129 Cascade impaction methods for dry powder inhalers using the high flowrate Marple-Miller Impactor M. Hindle, P.R. Byron, N.C. Miller (USA) 137 Poly(ethylene glycol) derivatized prodrugs through mixed disulfide bond formation: prelimminary report on captopril J. Vincentelli, J.-C. Viré, C. Paul, Y. Looze (Belgium) 147 A single dose pharmacokinetic study of 13-cis retinoic acid (Isotretinoin, Ro 04-3780) in the pregnant New Zealand rabbit using intravenous infusion C.A. Huselton, F. DeGrazia, E. Stahl, D.J. Liberato (USA) 157 An apparatus to measure polymer swelling under load C.L. Bell, N.A. Peppas (USA) 167 In vitro and in vivo nasal mucoadhesion of some water-soluble polymers F. Nakamura, R. Ohta, Y. Machida, T. Nagai (Japan) 173 Effect of pretreatment by cardamom oil on in vivo percutaneous absorption of piroxicam gel: pharmacokinetic analysis in rabbits Y.-B. Huang, P.-C. Wu, H.-M. Ko, Y.-H. Tsai (Republic of China) 183 Thermal stability of low molecular weight urokinase during heat treatment. III. Effect of salts, sugars and Tween 80 T.M. Foster, J.J. Dormish, U. Narahari, J.D. Meyer, M. Vrkljan, J. Henkin, W.R. Porter, H. Staack, J.F. Carpenter, M.C. Manning (USA) 193 Optimization of 7-day release (in vitro) from DL-PLA methadone microspheres A. Delgado, C. Evora, M. Llabres (Spain) 203 (Contents continued on p. 255) qt 0 0378-5173( 19960528) 134:1/2;1-T (Contents continued from back cover) Spectrophotometric study of copper(II) ion complexes with cefaclor A. Dimitrovska, B. Andonovski, K. Stojanoski (Macedonia) An in vitro assessment of liquid-filled Capill® potato starch capsules with biphasic release characteristics S.J. Burns, D. Corness, G. Hay, S. Higginbottom, I. Whelan, D. Attwood, $.G. Barnwell (UK) Notes Simultaneous quantitative determination of metronidazole and diloxanide furoate in a tablet prepartion by difference spectroscopy P. Parimoo, C.V.N. Prasad, A. Gautam (India) Particle size in parenteral fat emulsions, what are the true limitations? V.S. Koster, P.F.M. Kuks, R. Lange, H. Talsma (The Netherlands) Collagen-chitosan composite membranes controlled transdermal delivery of nifedipine and propranolol hydrochloride D. Thacharodi, K. Panduranga Rao (India) The effect of batch size on scale-up of a pharmaceutical granulation in a fixed bowl mixer granulator M. Landin, P. York, M.J. Cliff, R.C. Rowe, A.J. Wigmore (UK) Short communication Development of nifedipine-loaded albumin microspheres using a statistical factorial design W.-H. Chuo, T.-R. Tsai, S.-H. Hsu, T.-M. Cham (R.O.C.) Author index