Development of amphiphilic diblock copolymers as micellar carriers of taxol

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 195-206

  Zhang, Xichen ^a,b   Jackson, John K ^a   Burt, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Angiogenesis Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diblock copolymer; Micellar solubilization; Polyethylene glycol; Polylactide; Taxol

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; DRUG CARRIER; MACROGOL; PACLITAXEL; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029980834     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)04386-1     Document Type: Article

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