A simple, high throughput method for the quantification of sodium alginates on oesophageal mucosa

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-305

  Richardson, J C ^a   Dettmar, P W ^b   Hampson, F C ^b   Melia, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RECKITT BENCKISER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Bioadhesion; Dimethyl methylene blue; Mucoadhesion; Mucosa; Oesophagus; Quantification

Indexed keywords

1,9 DIMETHYL METHYLENE BLUE; ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DYE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URONIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SWINE;

EID: 1442286232     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(03)00150-4     Document Type: Article

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