Preparation and in vivo evaluation of huperzine A-loaded PLGA microspheres

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1092-1096

  Fu, Xu Dong ^a   Gao, Yong Liang ^b   Ping, Qi Neng ^c   Ren, Tang ^a  

^a WUHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU COMMAND   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Huperzine A; In vitro release; In vivo release; Poly(lactide co glycolide) microsphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444461461     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 02536269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02977407     Document Type: Article

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