Polymeric micelles - A new generation of colloidal drug carriers

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-111

  Jones, Marie Christine ^a   Leroux, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticancer agents; Colloids; Drug targeting; Polymeric micelles; Polymers; Review

Indexed keywords

6 [4 DEOXY 4 (2,4 TETRADECADIENOYLGLYCYLAMINO) GLYCERO BETA MANNOHEPTOPYRANOSYLAMINO] 9H PURINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CISPLATIN; COPOLYMER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEQUALINIUM; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; ELLIPTICINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HALOPERIDOL; INDOMETACIN; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL; PACLITAXEL; PENTETATE INDIUM IN 111; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PLASMID DNA; POLOXAMER; POLYMER; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COLLOID; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STABILITY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032778659     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(99)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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