A new scleroglucan/borax hydrogel: Swelling and drug release studies

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-107

  Coviello, Tommasina ^a   Grassi, Mario ^b   Palleschi, Antonio ^c   Bocchinfuso, Gianfranco ^c   Coluzzi, Gina ^a   Banishoeib, Fateme ^a   Alhaique, Franco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropic swelling; Hydrogel; Modelling; Scleroglucan; Sustained drug release

Indexed keywords

BORATE SODIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; MYOGLOBIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCLEROGLUCAN; SOLVENT; THEOPHYLLINE; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATRIX TABLET; MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WEIGHT;

ANISOTROPY; BORATES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG STABILITY; GLUCANS; HYDROGEL; MYOGLOBIN; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TABLETS; THEOPHYLLINE; VITAMIN B 12; WETTABILITY;

EID: 11844249924     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.10.025     Document Type: Article

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