Sustained release of human growth hormone from microcapsules prepared by a solvent evaporation technique

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-242

  Takada, Shigeyuki ^a   Yamagata, Yutaka ^a   Misaki, Masafumi ^a   Taira, Keiko ^a   Kurokawa, Tomofumi ^a  

^a TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium acetate; Copoly(DL lactic glycolic)acid (PLGA) microcapsules; Lyophilized protein microparticles; Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH); Sustained release

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ACETATE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; OIL; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; TACROLIMUS; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EMULSION; EVAPORATION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

EID: 0037423787     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(02)00494-7     Document Type: Article

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