Improvement of antischistosomal activity of praziquantel by incorporation into phosphatidylcholine-containing liposomes

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 157-162

  Mourão, Samanta C ^a,b   Costa, Paulo I ^a   Salgado, Hérida R N ^a   Gremião, Maria Palmira D ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colloidal delivery systems; Controlled drug delivery; Liposomes; Praziquantel; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; DRUG VEHICLE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG TRANSPORT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 17644422147     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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