Chitosan microspheres of nifedipine and nifedipine-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Filipovic Grcic J ^a   Becirevic Lacan M ^a   Skalko N ^a   Jalsenjak I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Cyclodextrin complexes; Microspheres; Nifedipine; Sustained release

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CYCLODEXTRIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MICROSPHERE; NIFEDIPINE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030591403     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(96)04470-5     Document Type: Article

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