Liposomes as a topical delivery system: The role of size on transport studied by the EPR imaging method

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-97

  Sentjurc M ^b   Vrhovnik, K ^a   Kristl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electron paramagnetic resonance imaging; Liposome; Size; Skin; Transport

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; EMULMETIK 320; LIPOSOME; NIOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENCAPSULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PENETRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPOSOMES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPIN LABELS; SWINE;

EID: 0032892423     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(98)00181-3     Document Type: Article

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