Lecithin inverse microemulsions for the pulmonary delivery of polar compounds utilizing dimethylether and propane as propellants

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-230

  Sommerville, Mark L ^a   Cain, Judith B ^b   Johnson Jr , Charles S ^b   Hickey, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethyl ether; Lecithin; Microemulsion; NMR; Propane; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLETHYLENEGLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROPANE; PROPELLANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; MICROEMULSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION;

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COBALT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EMULSIONS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYL ETHERS; MICROSPHERES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PRESSURE; PROPANE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0034101598     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PDT-100100537     Document Type: Article

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