Miotic effect and irritation potential of pilocarpine prodrug incorporated into a submicron emulsion vehicle

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Sznitowska, Malgorzata ^a   Zurowska Pryczkowska, Katarzyna ^a   Janicki, Stanislaw ^a   Järvinen, Tomi ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Irritation; Miotic effect; Pilocarpine; Prodrug; Submicron emulsion

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; O,O' DIPIVALOYL (1,2 ETHYLENE) BISPILOCARPIC ACID DIESTER; PILOCARPINE; PRODRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUTION; EMULSION; EYE IRRITATION; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROEMULSION; MIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; EMULSIONS; IRRITANTS; MIOTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOCARPINE; PRODRUGS; RABBITS; VEHICLES;

EID: 0033038311     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(99)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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