Drug delivery system: Targeting of pentamidines to specific sites using sugar grafted liposomes

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Banerjee, Goutam ^a   Nandi, Gopa ^a   Mahato, Sashi B ^a   Pakrashi, Anita ^a   Basu, Mukul K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Biomembrane Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; MANNOSE; METHOXYPENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PENTAMIDINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; HAMSTER; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CRICETINAE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIPOSOMES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MANNOSE; MESOCRICETUS; PENTAMIDINE;

EID: 0030179394     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/38.1.145     Document Type: Article

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