Niosomes of primaquine: Effect of sorbitan esters (spans) on the vesicular physical characteristics

Indian Drugs

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-103

  Varghese, V ^a   Vitta, P ^a   Bakshi, V ^a   Agarwal, S ^a   Pandey, S ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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