Lecithin-based oil-in-water microemulsions for parenteral use: Pseudoternary phase diagrams, characterization and toxicity studies

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1428-1437

  Moreno, Marco Antonio ^a   Ballesteros, M Paloma ^a   Frutos, Paloma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Droplet size; Microemulsions; Phase diagrams; Soybean lecithin; Stability; Toxicity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COSURFACTANT; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYSORBATE 80; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG STABILITY; FLOW RATE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MICROEMULSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THAWING; TOXICITY TESTING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037745094     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.10412     Document Type: Article

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