Incorporation of basic fibroblast growth factor into methylpyrrolidinone chitosan fleeces and determination of the in vitro release characteristics

Biomaterials

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 593-600

  Berscht, Petra C ^a   Nies, Berthold ^a   Liebendörfer, Adelheid ^a   Kreuter, Jörg ^b  

^a MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

basic fibroblast growth factor; Chitosan; methylpyrrolidinone chitosan; sustained release; wound healing

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; PICOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; FREEZE DRYING; IMMUNOASSAY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMAL; CHITIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG CARRIERS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FREEZE DRYING; HORSES; IMMUNOASSAY; MICE; PYRROLIDINONES;

EID: 0028306824     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(94)90209-7     Document Type: Article

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