pH gradient loading of anthracyclines into cholesterol-free liposomes: Enhancing drug loading rates through use of ethanol

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1661, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-60

  Dos Santos, Nancy ^a,b   Cox, Kelly A ^a   McKenzie, Cheryl A ^a   Van Baarda, Floris ^a   Gallagher, Ryan C ^c   Karlsson, Goran ^d   Edwards, Katarina ^d   Mayer, Lawrence D ^a,b,c   Allen, Christine ^c   Bally, Marcel B ^a,b,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Celator Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthracycline; Doxorubicin; Ethanol; Liposome; pH gradient

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; EPIRUBICIN; IDARUBICIN; LACTOSE; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 10744221650     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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