In-vitro evaluation and vaginal absorption of metronidazole suppositories in rabbits

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-185

  Özyazici, Mine ^a   Turgut, Evren H ^a   Taner, Memduh S ^a   Köseoglu, Kamil ^a   Ertan, Gökhan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Dissolution; Labeled with 99mTc; Metronidazole; Suppository; Vaginal absorption

Indexed keywords

CELLOPHANE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 6000; METRONIDAZOLE; SUPPOSITORY BASE; TECHNETIUM 99M; WITEPSOL H 15;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPPOSITORY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; EXCIPIENTS; FEMALE; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RABBITS; SOLUBILITY; SUPPOSITORIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRIGLYCERIDES; VAGINA; VEHICLES;

EID: 0141920339     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860310001603814     Document Type: Article

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