Low Potential Ocular Irritation of Arginine-Based Gemini Surfactants and Their Mixtures with Nonionic and Zwitterionic Surfactants

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1697-1701

  Mitjans, Montserrat ^a   Martínez, Verónica ^a   Clapés, Pere ^b   Pérez, Lourdes ^b   Infante, M Rosa ^b   Vinardell, M Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arginine based surfactants; Hemolysis; Lipoamino acids; Ocular irritation; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

ARGININE BASED GEMINI SURFACTANT; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EVALUATION; EYE IRRITATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EYE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MICELLES; RABBITS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0142042423     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026164123938     Document Type: Article

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