Pharmaceutical applications of confocal laser scanning microscopy: The physical characterisation of pharmaceutical systems

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1434-1452

  Pygall, Samuel R ^a   Whetstone, Joanne ^a   Timmins, Peter ^b   Melia, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Chromatography; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Delivery systems; Dosage form; Fluorescence; Pharmaceuticals; Physicochemical; Profilometry

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; PROFILOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DOSAGE FORMS; HYDROPHILIC MATRICES; PHYSICOCHEMICALS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLEACHING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG COATING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TARGETING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PELLET EXTRUSION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADHESIVES; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CAPSULES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COLLOIDS; DOSAGE FORMS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOKINETICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS;

EID: 36249026223     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2007.06.018     Document Type: Review

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