Some properties of extruded non-ionic surfactant micro-tubes

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-16

  Nasseri, Behrooz ^a   Florence, Alexander T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrapment efficacy; Microfabrication; Microtubules; Non ionic surfactants; Polyhedral niosomes; Transition temperature

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ETHER DERIVATIVE; NIOSOME; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; POLY 24 OXYETHYLENE CHOLESTERYL ETHER; POLYOXYETHYLENE 5 CETYL ETHER; POLYOXYETHYLENE 5 STEARYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0037453164     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(02)00669-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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