Carbon nanotubes as functional excipients for nanomedicines: I. pharmaceutical properties

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Foldvari, Marianna ^a   Bagonluri, Mukasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); CNT dispersion; CNT solubilization; Delivery system; Drug encapsulation; Pharmaceutical excipient

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMOTHERAPY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIO-MEDICAL MATERIALS; BUILDING BLOCKS; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS); CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; CHEMICAL-; CNT DISPERSION; CNT SOLUBILIZATION; DELIVERY SYSTEM; DOSAGE FORMS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG ENCAPSULATION; HYDROPHILIC ENVIRONMENTS; NANOMEDICINES; PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT; PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; EXCIPIENT;

BIOLOGY; CHIRALITY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NANOMEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; EXCIPIENTS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 49649113099     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.04.002     Document Type: Review

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