Immobilisation of cardosin A in chitosan sponges as a novel implant for drug delivery

Current Drug Discovery Technologies

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-238

  Pereira, Anabela O ^a   Cartucho, Daniel J ^b   Duarte, Ana S ^a   Gil, Maria H ^c   Cabrita, António M S ^b   Patrício, João A ^d   Barros, Marlene M T ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e Portuguese Catholic University Viseu   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Cardosin A; Chitosan; Fibrosis; Immobilisation

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARDOSIN A; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CARDOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IMPLANT; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PISTIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; INSULIN; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 31544453289     PISSN: 15701638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016305775202973     Document Type: Article

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