Effects of clove oil-phospholipid mixtures on rheology of gum tragacanth - Possible application for surfactant action on mucus gel simulants

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 189-197

  Banerjee, R ^a   Puniyani, R R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Clove oil; Mucus gel simulant viscosity; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LUNG SURFACTANT; BIOMATERIAL; CLOVE OIL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GUM TRAGACANTH; LUNG SURFACTANT EXTRACT; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMER; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SIMULATION; VISCOMETER; VISCOSITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRONCHI; CALCIUM; EUGENOL; GELS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRAGACANTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033635076     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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