Hydrogels in pharmaceutical formulations

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-46

  Peppas, N A ^a   Bures, P ^a   Leobandung, W ^a   Ichikawa, H ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Applications in drug delivery; Drug release; pH sensitive hydrogels; Polymer network structure; Temperature sensitive hydrogels

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; COPOLYMER; DRUG; MONOMER; POLYMACON; POLYMER; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; VINYL ACETATE;

CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; HYDROGEL; PH; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; PHARMACOKINETICS;

EID: 0034601245     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(00)00090-4     Document Type: Review

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