Development and pharmacokinetics of galactosylated poly-L-glutamic acid as a bisdegradable carrier for liver-specific drug delivery

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 880-884

  Hirabayashi, Hideki ^a   Nishikawa, Makiya ^a   Takakura, Yoshinobu ^a   Hashida, Mitsuru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug carrier; Galactosylation; Hepatic targeting; Pharmacokinetics; Poly L glutamic acid

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; GALACTOSE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TARGETING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029896222     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016053128569     Document Type: Article

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