Biodegradable nanoparticles as a sustained release system for the antigens/allergens of Aspergillus fumigatus: Preparation and characterisation

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-147

  Madan, Taruna ^a   Munshi, Neeru ^b   De, Tapas K ^b   Maitra, Amarnath ^b   Usha Sarma, P ^a   Aggarwal, Shyam Sunder ^c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c Department of Pharmaceutics   (India)

Author keywords

A. fumigatus; Allergens; Antigens; Immunisation; Nanoparticle; Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NANOPARTICLE; POVIDONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICELLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION;

EID: 0031574122     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(97)00278-0     Document Type: Article

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