Preparation and in vitro characterization of slow release testosterone nanocapsules in alginates

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-429

  Bhowmik, Benoy Brata ^a   Sa, Biswanath ^b   Mukherjee, Arup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alginate; Hexane; Nanocapsules; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; HEXANE; NANOCAPSULE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FOOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 33845262020     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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