Identification of psoralen loaded PLGA microspheres in rat skin by light microscopy

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Gomes, Anderson J ^a   Lunardi, Claure N ^b   Lunardi, Laurelúcia O ^c   Pitol, Dimitrius L ^c   Machado, Antonio Eduardo H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Irradiation; Light microscopy; Microspheres; PLGA; Psoralen; Rat skin; Stain

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMERS; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; PLGA; SMOOTH SURFACES; UVA IRRADIATION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG DELIVERY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RATS; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MICROSPHERES;

LACTIC ACID; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYMER; PSORALEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SKIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FICUSIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPHERES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 35748946050     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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