Scleroglucan: A versatile polysaccharide for modified drug delivery

Molecules

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-33

  Coviello, Tommasina ^a   Palleschi, Antonio ^b   Grassi, Mario ^c   Matricardi, Pietro ^a   Bocchinfuso, Gianfranco ^b   Alhaique, Franco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Modified release; Scleroglucan

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIDE; BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; GELLAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCLERALDEHYDE; SCLEROGLUCAN; SCLEROX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXYLATION; CROSS LINKING; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG OXIDATION; REVIEW; TABLET FORMULATION;

EID: 15544374619     PISSN: 14203049     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/10010006     Document Type: Review

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