Chitosan as a nasal delivery system: Evaluation of the effect of chitosan on mucociliary clearance rate in the frog palate model

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 69-78

  Aspden, T J ^a   Adler, J ^a   Davis, S S ^a,b   Skaugrud, o ^c   Illum, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Albert Einstein Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Pronova Biopolymer   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Frog palate model; Image analysis; Mucociliary clearance rate

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FROG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029003181     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)00036-I     Document Type: Article

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