Poly(ethylene oxide) based copolymers: Solubilisation capacity and gelation

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-546

  Attwood, David ^a   Zhou, Zhengyuan ^a   Booth, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Polymeric micelles; Solubilisation capacity; Thermoreversible gelation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMPHOPHILE; ANDROSTANOLONE; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; COPOLYMER; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIAZEPAM; ELLIPTICINE; ESTRADIOL; FUROSEMIDE; GRISEOFULVIN; HALOFANTRINE; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; MACROGOL; NABUMETONE; NANOPARTICLE; PACLITAXEL; PIROXICAM; POLY(OXYALKYLENE); POLYESTER; POLYMER; POLYOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE; TROPICAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

COLLOID; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; GELATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLE; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COLLOIDS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DESIGN; GELS; HUMANS; MICELLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 35148853287     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.4.5.533     Document Type: Review

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