Short term stability of freeze-dried, lyoprotected liposomes

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-86

  Van Winden, Ewoud C A ^a,b   Crommelin, Daan J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OctoPlus NV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilayer transition; Glass transition; Liposomes; Lyophilization; Solid state stability

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; FREEZE DRYING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; WATER CONTENT;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG STABILITY; FREEZE DRYING; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 0032789418     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(98)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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