Dextran hydrogels for colon-specific drug delivery

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 159-166

  Hovgaard, Lars ^a   Brøndsted, Helle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodegradable hydrogel; Colon specific drug delivery; Controlled release; Dextran; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; DEXTRAN; DEXTRANASE; DIISOCYANATE; DRUG CARRIER; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; HYDROCORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; CECUM; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG RELEASE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

EID: 0029147497     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-3659(95)00049-E     Document Type: Article

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