Lab glossary
Dissolution
The process by which drug leaves a dosage form and goes into solution. The dissolution test measures the % of label claim dissolved in a stated medium and time under standardised conditions.
- Also: drug release
- Also: dissolution test
Where you will meet this term
- InstrumentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
- InstrumentUV-Visible Spectrophotometer
- InstrumentDissolution Test Apparatus
- InstrumentTablet Hardness Tester (Breaking Force Tester)
- InstrumentUltra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC)
- InstrumentFluorescence Spectrophotometer (Spectrofluorometer)
- InstrumentX-ray powder diffractometer (XRPD)
- InstrumentLaser Diffraction Particle Size Analyser
- InstrumentThermometer & Temperature Data Logger