Quantifying diffusion in mucosal systems by pulsed-gradient spin-echo NMR

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1570-1582

  Occhipinti, Paola ^a,b   Griffiths, Peter C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Drug delivery; Mucin; PGSE NMR

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BODY FLUIDS; COLLOIDS; DRUG DELIVERY; GELATION; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOBLEACHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPIN DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL GELS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; LIPOPLEXES; MOLECULAR SPECIES; MUCIN; MUCUS LAYERS; NEW TOOLS; PARTICLE TRACKING; PGSE-NMR; POLYPLEXES; POTENTIAL BARRIERS;

DIFFUSION;

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CHITOSAN; DIMETHYLDIOCTADECYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISONIAZID; LIPOPLEX; MACROGOL; METOPROLOL; MUCIN; NANOPARTICLE; PENTAMIDINE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; PROPRANOLOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AEROSOL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MUCOSA; MUCUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUCUS; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 55749092436     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2008.08.006     Document Type: Review

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