In vivo biodistribution of erythrocytes and polyethyleneglycol-phosphatidylethanolamine micelles carrying the antitumour agent dequalinium

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Lizano, Carmen ^a   Weissig, Volkmar ^b   Torchilin, Vladimir P ^b   Sancho, Pilar ^a   García Pérez, Ana Isabel ^a   Pinilla, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumour agent; Dequalinium; Drug carriers; Drug delivery system; Micelles; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHROMIUM 51; DEQUALINIUM; DRUG CARRIER; INDIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ERYTHROCYTE; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MICELLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SERUM; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE;

EID: 0042336003     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(03)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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