Development and in vitro characterisation of a benznidazole liposomal formulation

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 89-99

  Morilla, M J ^a   Benavidez, P ^a   Lopez, M O ^a   Bakas, L ^b,c   Romero, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benznidazole; Multilamellar liposomes

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; CHOLESTEROL; DISTEAROYL PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG FORMULATION; HYDROGENATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; LIPOSOMES; NITROIMIDAZOLES; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 0037027848     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(02)00453-2     Document Type: Article

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