Thermosensitive liposomal taxol formulation: Heat-mediated targeted drug delivery in murine melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-244

  Sharma, D ^a   Chelvi, T P ^a   Kaur, J ^a   Ralhan, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Liposomes; Melanoma; Taxol; Thermosensitive

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; CREMOPHOR; LIPOSOME; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG UPTAKE; ENCAPSULATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHOLESTEROL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG CARRIERS; ETHANOL; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIPOSOMES; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031810270     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199806000-00006     Document Type: Article

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