Preparation and characterization of freeze-dried chitosan-poly(ethylene oxide) hydrogels for site-specific antibiotic delivery in the stomach

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 588-593

  Patel, Vijay R ^a   Amiji, Mansoor M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Drug delivery; Hydrogels; Poly (ethylene oxide); Site specific

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHITOSAN; MACROGOL; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYOX N12K; SEACURE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; FREEZE DRYING; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHARMACEUTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FREEZE DRYING; GASTRIC JUICE; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINAL SECRETIONS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PENICILLINS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STOMACH; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0029983729     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016054306763     Document Type: Article

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