Influence of long-term stability conditions on microbicidal nucleoside prodrug (WHI-07)-loaded gel-microemulsion

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  D'Cruz, Osmond J ^a,b   Uckun, Fatih M ^a,b  

^a PARKER HUGHES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Paradigm Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Gel microemulsion; Prodrug; Stability; WHI 07

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 6 METHOXY 5,6 DIHYDRO 3' AZIDOTHYMIDINE 5' (4 BROMOPHENYL)METHOXYALANINYL PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; PRODRUG; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHI 07; ZIDOVUDINE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOSIDE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROEMULSION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; TEMPERATURE;

DRUG STABILITY; EMULSIONS; NUCLEOSIDES; PRODRUGS; TEMPERATURE; THYMIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 33748697001     PISSN: 15309932     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/pt070373     Document Type: Article

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