Pharmacological and local toxicity studies of a liposomal formulation for the novel local anaesthetic ropivacaine

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1449-1457

  De Araujo, Daniele Ribeiro ^a   Cereda, Cíntia Maria Saia ^a   Brunetto, Giovanna Bruschini ^a   Vomero, Viviane Urbini ^a   Pierucci, Amauri ^a   Neto, Humberto Santo ^a   De Oliveira, Alexandre Leite Rodrigues ^a   Fraceto, Leonardo Fernandes ^a,b   Braga, Angélica De Fátima De Assunção ^a   De Paula, Eneida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; ENCAPSULATION; HISTOLOGY; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EGGS; LIPOSOMES; MALE; MICE; NERVE BLOCK; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SCHWANN CELLS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 54949123058     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp/60.11.0005     Document Type: Article

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