Effect of β-sitosterol on the characteristics of vesicular gels containing chlorhexidine

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Farkas, E ^a   Schubert, R ^b   Zelko R ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sitosterol; Chlorhexidine digluconate release; Dispersity; Dynamic surface tension; Vesicular phospholipid gels (VPG)

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SITOSTEROL; STEROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSION; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG RELEASE; GEL; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROSCOPY; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION;

CHLORHEXIDINE; GELS; LIPOSOMES; SITOSTEROLS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 2442651205     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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