Evaluation Of the biological properties of soluble chitosan and chitosan microspheres

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-240

  Carreño Gómez, Begoña ^a   Duncan, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Chitosan; Drug targeting; Microspheres

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG TARGETING; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0004472732     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(96)04847-8     Document Type: Article

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