Visual evidence of acidic environment within degrading poly(lactic-co- glycolic acid) (PLGA) microspheres

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-106

  Fu, Karen ^a   Pack, Daniel W ^b   Klibanov, Alexander M ^c   Langer, Robert ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal fluorescence microscopy; PH; PLGA microspheres; Protein drug delivery

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DEGRADATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS;

EID: 0034006495     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007582911958     Document Type: Article

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