international VOL. 218 NOS. 1-2, 7 MAY 2001 journal of 2. sae ] . £ ie pharmaceutics ELSEVIER CONTENTS www.elsevier.com/locate/ijpharm Cited in: BIOSIS/Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents (Life Sciences, Clinical Medicine), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Advances in Biological Sciences, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE /Index Medicus, PASCAL M, Science Citation Index Research papers Microencapsulation of ibuprofen and Eudragit® RS 100 by the emulsion solvent diffusion technique D. Perumal (South Africa) Acrylic microspheres for oral controlled release of the biguanide buformin G. Fundueanu, G. Mocanu, M. Constantin, A. Carpov, V. Bulacovschi, E. Esposito, C. Nastruzzi (Romania, Italy) Preparation, characterisation and photosensitivity studies of solid dispersions of diflunisal and Eudragit RS100® and RL100® R. Pignatello, M. Ferro, G. De Guidi, G. Salemi, M.A. Vandelli, S. Guccione, M. Geppi, C. Forte, G. Puglisi (Italy) Stabilization of eptifibatide by cosolvents L. Zhao, S.H. Yalkowsky (USA) Diffusive transport properties of some local anesthetics applicable for iontophoretic formulation of the drugs F. Brounéus, K. Karami, P. Beronius, L.-O. Sundel6f (Sweden) Effects of molecular weight of polyvinylpyrrolidone on the glass transition and crystallization of co-lyophilized sucrose X.M. Zeng, G.P. Martin, C. Marriott (UK) Prolonged hypoglycemic effect of insulin-loaded polybutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles after pulmonary administration to normal rats ' Q. Zhang, Z. Shen, T. Nagai (People’s Republic of China, Japan) Enhanced plasmid DNA transfection with lysosomotropic agents in cultured fibroblasts K. Ciftci, R.J. Levy (USA) Transdermal administration of salmon calcitonin by pulse depolarization-iontophoresis in rats K. Nakamura, K. Katagai, K. Mori, N. Higo, S. Sato, K. Yamamoto (Japan) Evaluation of a floating dosage form of nicardipine hydrochloride and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate prepared using a twin-screw extruder K. Nakamichi, H. Yasuura, H. Fukui, M. Oka, S. Izumi (Japan) Combined hydroxypropyl-B-cyclodextrin and poly(alkylcyanoacrylate) nanoparticles intended for oral administration of saquinavir H. Boudad, P. Legrand, G. Lebas, M. Cheron, D. Duchéne, G. Ponchel (France) 113 Bioavailability of cyclosporin A dispersed in sodium lauryl sulfate—dextrin based solid microspheres E.-J. Lee, S.-W. Lee, H.-G. Choi, C.-K. Kim (South Korea) 125 Development and characterization of lipid microparticles as a drug carrier for somatostatin H. Reithmeier, J. Herrmann, A. Gopferich (Germany) 133 Investigation of the felodipine glassy state by atomic force microscopy A. Trojak, K. Koéevar, I. MuSevicé, S. Sréié (Slovenia) 145 On the difficulty of assessing the specific surface area of magnesium stearate C. Andrés, P. Bracconi, Y. Pourcelot (France) 153 (Contents continued on page 175) CO NTE NTS This journal is part of ContentsDirect, the free alerting service which sends tables of contents by e-mail for Elsevier Science books and journals. You can register for e ContentsDirect online at: www.elsevier.nl/locate/contentsdirect 0378-5173(200105)02178 : 1-2; 1-1 (Contents continued from outside back cover) Book review Good manufacturing practices for pharmaceuticals: a plan for total quality control from manufacturer to consumer (Sth edition, revised and enlarged), Sidney H. Willig, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, ISBN 0-8247-0425. J. Sharp (UK) Erratum Erratum to “Enhancing effect of polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers on the skin permeation of ibuprofen” [Int. J. Pharm. 209 (2000) 109-119] E.-S. Park, S.-Y. Chang, M. Hahn, S.-C. Chi (South Korea) Noticeboard